The best Bible verses for belonging (KJV) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for belonging (KJV), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?"1 Corinthians 12:16
"And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?"1 Corinthians 12:16
"But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming."1 Corinthians 15:23
"They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us."1 John 2:19
"Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous."1 John 3:12
"Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness."1 Thessalonians 5:5
"But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation."1 Thessalonians 5:8
"Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's."2 Corinthians 10:7
"Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,"Colossians 2:20
"Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:"Colossians 3:5
"Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it."Deuteronomy 1:17
"Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's."Deuteronomy 5:21
"Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD'S thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is."Deuteronomy 10:14
"Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations."Deuteronomy 20:15
"The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law."Deuteronomy 29:29
Translations differ in what they optimise for. Some follow the original wording closely at the cost of a natural English sentence; others read smoothly and make interpretive choices to get there. Neither is wrong, but they produce noticeably different verses.
Each of the 15 verses below is shown in the translation you asked for, and every verse links to a page comparing all six side by side — which is usually the fastest way to see where the translators disagreed.
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The most-cited Bible verses for belonging (KJV) are 1 Corinthians 12:16, 1 Corinthians 15:23, 1 John 2:19. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to belonging (KJV) across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for belonging (KJV), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.