Les Feldick Bible Study

Where does the term 'Body of Christ' not appear in the Bible?

Scripture does not contain the term 'Body of Christ' in the Old Testament, the Gospels, or the early book of Acts. It is entirely absent from those portions of Scripture and does not ever appear until the Apostle Paul's writings.

Les explains that all the way up through the Old Testament, all the way through the Gospels, and all the way through the early book of Acts, you never once see the term 'Body of Christ.' He emphasizes that this term does not appear until you get to Paul. This absence is tied to the unique revelation given to the Apostle Paul. After his conversion on the road to Damascus, the Lord sent him far hence to the Gentiles, and instead of going back to Jerusalem to check with Peter and the twelve, Paul went down into Sinai and Arabia, where evidently for three years the Lord laid on him a whole revelation of things that were never hinted at in Scripture. Paul later wrote in Galatians 1:11-12 that the gospel he preached was not after man, neither received of man, neither was he taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. Thus the term 'Body of Christ' is absent from the Old Testament, Gospels, and early Acts, and first appears in Paul's writings.