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1 Corinthians 12 Bible study: One body, many members

1 Corinthians 12 says "God has set the members, each one of them, in the body, just as he desired." (12:18), and later, "God has set some in the assembly" (12:28): in the Greek, the same verb. It says "there are various kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit" (12:4), and "Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually." (12:27).

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“Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.”
1 Corinthians 12:27 · World English Bible

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Now concerning spiritual things

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The chapter opens, "Now concerning spiritual things, brothers, I don’t want you to be ignorant." (12:1). Favor's introduction to 1 Corinthians begins a new part of the letter here, Many members, one body, and under Now concerning it gathers the six verses that open with those words, 12:1 among them (7:1, 7:25, 8:1, 12:1, 16:1, 16:12). Then: "You know that when you were heathen, you were led away to those mute idols, however you might be led." (12:2), and "Therefore I make known to you that no man speaking by God’s Spirit says, “Jesus is accursed.” No one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” but by the Holy Spirit." (12:3) (tap accursed). The WEB prints Jesus is accursed and Jesus is Lord in quotation marks. These notes say no more about the spiritual things of 12:1 than the chapter's own words.

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  • Various kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit
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  • God has set some in the assembly
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The Greek word behind it

σῶμαsomasay SO-mah

Strong's: "the body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively". "For as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ." (12:12): the verse has the noun three times. This chapter has it 18 times, and 1 Corinthians 47 times, more than any other book of the New Testament (counted in RP2018). The chapter's picture ends, "Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually." (12:27). Another letter has "to which also you were called in one body" (Colossians 3:15).

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1 Corinthians 12 Bible study questions

  1. 1"If the foot would say, “Because I’m not the hand, I’m not part of the body,” it is not therefore not part of the body." (12:15). Have you ever felt like the foot in that verse? What helped you?
  2. 2"The eye can’t tell the hand, “I have no need for you”" (12:21). When have you been tempted to think that about someone, and what helped you see them differently?
  3. 3"When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. When one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it." (12:26). When has someone rejoiced with you over something good, and what did it mean to you?

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Last reviewed October 8, 2026. Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain. Hebrew and Greek words are checked against the original-language texts and public-domain lexicons. What we believe · Favor home