Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'members' occurs 47 times in the standard works.

29 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'members' in the standard works and contain 61.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 11 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Cor. 12:22-27 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Cor. 6:15 (3 in 1 verse)


Rom. 12:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

 12:4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:

 12:5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.




D&C 20:82-84 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 6:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 6:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 7:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 12:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 5:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:68-69 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 134:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 2 0 2
NT 30 0 30
BM 0 0 0
DC 15 0 15
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 47 0 47

Job 17:7
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.

Ps. 139:16
Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

Matt. 5:29
And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

Matt. 5:30
And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

Rom. 6:13
Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

Rom. 6:19
I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

Rom. 7:5
For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

Rom. 7:23
But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

Rom. 12:4
For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:

Rom. 12:5
So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

1 Cor. 6:15
Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.

1 Cor. 12:12
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.

1 Cor. 12:18
But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.

1 Cor. 12:20
But now are they many members, yet but one body.

1 Cor. 12:22
Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:

1 Cor. 12:23
And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.

1 Cor. 12:25
That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.

1 Cor. 12:26
And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.

1 Cor. 12:27
Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

Eph. 4:25
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

Eph. 5:30
For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

Col. 3:5
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

James 4:1
From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

D&C 20:38
The duty of the elders, priests, teachers, deacons, and members of the church of Christ-- An apostle is an elder, and it is his calling to baptize;

D&C 20:55
And see that the church meet together often, and also see that all the members do their duty.

D&C 20:68
The duty of the members after they are received by baptism-- The elders or priests are to have a sufficient time to expound all things concerning the church of Christ to their understanding, previous to their partaking of the sacrament and being confirmed by the laying on of the hands of the elders, so that all things may be done in order.

D&C 20:69
And the members shall manifest before the church, and also before the elders, by a godly walk and conversation, that they are worthy of it, that there may be works and faith agreeable to the holy scriptures-- walking in holiness before the Lord.

D&C 20:82
With a list of the names of the several members uniting themselves with the church since the last conference; or send by the hand of some priest; so that a regular list of all the names of the whole church may be kept in a book by one of the elders, whomsoever the other elders shall appoint from time to time;

D&C 20:84
All members removing from the church where they reside, if going to a church where they are not known, may take a letter certifying that they are regular members and in good standing, which certificate may be signed by any elder or priest if the member receiving the letter is personally acquainted with the elder or priest, or it may be signed by the teachers or deacons of the church.

D&C 42:70
The priests and teachers shall have their stewardships, even as the members.

D&C 42:89
And if he or she confess not thou shalt deliver him or her up unto the church, not to the members, but to the elders. And it shall be done in a meeting, and that not before the world.

D&C 57:16
And unto the residue of both elders and members further directions shall be given hereafter. Even so. Amen.

D&C 72:24
A few words in addition to the laws of the kingdom, respecting the members of the church-- they that are appointed by the Holy Spirit to go up unto Zion, and they who are privileged to go up unto Zion--

D&C 85:11
And they who are of the High Priesthood, whose names are not found written in the book of the law, or that are found to have apostatized, or to have been cut off from the church, as well as the lesser priesthood, or the members, in that day shall not find an inheritance among the saints of the Most High;

D&C 102:5
The number composing the council, who voted in the name and for the church in appointing the above-named councilors were forty-three, as follows: nine high priests, seventeen elders, four priests, and thirteen members.

D&C 134:9
We do not believe it just to mingle religious influence with civil government, whereby one religious society is fostered and another proscribed in its spiritual privileges, and the individual rights of its members, as citizens, denied.

D&C 134:10
We believe that all religious societies have a right to deal with their members for disorderly conduct, according to the rules and regulations of such societies; provided that such dealings be for fellowship and good standing; but we do not believe that any religious society has authority to try men on the right of property or life, to take from them this world's goods, or to put them in jeopardy of either life or limb, or to inflict any physical punishment upon them. They can only excommunicate them from their society, and withdraw from them their fellowship.