Ephesians 1:23 Cross References

Ephesians 1:23

23: And the church is his body; it is filled by Christ, who fills everything everywhere with his presence.

Christ is the head of the church, which is his body. He is the first of all who will rise from the dead, so he is first in everything.
For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ,

Their responsibility is to equip God's people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ,

May you experience the love of Christ, though it is so great you will never fully understand it. Then you will be filled with the fullness of life and power that comes from God.

We have all benefited from the rich blessings he brought to us--one gracious blessing after another.

For in Christ the fullness of God lives in a human body,
and you are complete through your union with Christ. He is the Lord over every ruler and authority in the universe.

The same one who came down is the one who ascended higher than all the heavens, so that his rule might fill the entire universe.

I am glad when I suffer for you in my body, for I am completing what remains of Christ's sufferings for his body, the church.

The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up only one body. So it is with the body of Christ.
Some of us are Jews, some are Gentiles, some are slaves, and some are free. But we have all been baptized into Christ's body by one Spirit, and we have all received the same Spirit.
Yes, the body has many different parts, not just one part.
If the foot says, "I am not a part of the body because I am not a hand," that does not make it any less a part of the body.
And if the ear says, "I am not part of the body because I am only an ear and not an eye," would that make it any less a part of the body?

And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are all called to live in peace. And always be thankful.

Then, when he has conquered all things, the Son will present himself to God, so that God, who gave his Son authority over all things, will be utterly supreme over everything everywhere.

For a husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of his body, the church; he gave his life to be her Savior.
As the church submits to Christ, so you wives must submit to your husbands in everything.
And you husbands must love your wives with the same love Christ showed the church. He gave up his life for her
to make her holy and clean, washed by baptism and God's word.
He did this to present her to himself as a glorious church without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish. Instead, she will be holy and without fault.

In this new life, it doesn't matter if you are a Jew or a Gentile, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbaric, uncivilized, slave, or free. Christ is all that matters, and he lives in all of us.

So you must obey the government for two reasons: to keep from being punished and to keep a clear conscience.

There are different ways God works in our lives, but it is the same God who does the work through all of us.

Together as one body, Christ reconciled both groups to God by means of his death, and our hostility toward each other was put to death.

We are all one body, we have the same Spirit, and we have all been called to the same glorious future.

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