1 Corinthians 12:12-20 For as the
body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being
many, are one body: so also is Christ.
13 For by one Spirit are we all
baptized into one body , whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or
free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
14 For the body is not one
member, but many.
15 If the foot shall say, Because
I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
16 And if the ear shall say,
Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the
body?
17 If the whole body were an eye,
where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
18 But now hath God set the
members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
19 And if they were all one
member, where were the body?
20 But now are they many members,
yet but one body.
Ephesians 4:4-6 There is one
body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
5 One Lord, one faith, one
baptism,
6 One God and Father of all, who
is above all, and through all, and in you all.
Ephesians 2:11-22 Wherefore
remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called
Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by
hands;
12 That at that time ye were
without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers
from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who
sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
14 For he is our peace, who hath
made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
15 Having abolished in his flesh
the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make
in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
16 And that he might reconcile
both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
17 And came and preached peace to
you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
18 For through him we both have
access by one Spirit unto the Father.
19 Now therefore ye are no more
strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the
household of God;
20 And are built upon the
foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief
corner stone;
21 In whom all the building fitly
framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
22 In whom ye also are builded
together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
Ephesians 1:22-23
And hath put all things under his
feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
23 Which is his body, the fulness
of him that filleth all in all.
We are Jesus Christ’s body and
dwelling of the Father, so watching over each other and speak blessings over
one another benefits all members, AND the world. Why the world? Because Jesus Christ is the blessing, for all,
and especially those of his own body.
And we being joined to the Head who is Christ Jesus, we with Him are kings
and priests, coheir of God and all things with the Son of God…. By His Holy Spirit. So we are the world’s blessing, God’s love
manifested through us, for God is love.
So, God sends us out, according to the gift of grace in Christ Jesus,
which He establishes in each member, as He desires, to minister His Good News
to every soul.
1 Corinthians 12:25-27
That there should be no schism in
the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.
26 And whether one member suffer,
all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members
rejoice with it.
27 Now ye are the body of Christ,
and members in particular.
Ephesians 3:14-21 For this cause
I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 Of whom the whole family in
heaven and earth is named,
16 That he would grant you, according
to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the
inner man;
17 That Christ may dwell in your
hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
18 May be
able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth,
and height;
19 And to know the love of
Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness
of God.
20 Now unto him that is able to
do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power
that worketh in us,
21 Unto him be glory in the
church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
Amen.
