Ephesians 5:30
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For we are members of His body.”
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BSBPD
“For we are members of His body.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“because we are members of his body.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“because members we are of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Ephesians 5:30 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 2:23And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”
- Romans 12:5so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.
- 1 Corinthians 6:15Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!
- 1 Corinthians 12:12The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.
- Ephesians 1:23which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
- Colossians 2:19He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.
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