The Body of Christ

1 Corinthians 10:17  . . . we, who are many, are one body . . .

1 Corinthians 12:27 Now you are the body of Christ . . .

Ephesians 1:22-23 He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly [church], which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

Ephesians 4:12, 15-16 for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ . . . [that] we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ; from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love.

Ephesians 5:23, 29-30 For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the assembly [church], being himself the savior of the body. . . . For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly; because we are members of his body, of his flesh and bones.

Colossians 1:18 He is the head of the body, the assembly . . .

Colossians 2:19 the Head [Christ], from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God’s growth.