¹⁷ Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body,^(A) for we all share the one loaf.

⁵ so in Christ we, though many, form one body,^(A) and each member belongs to all the others.

Unity and Diversity in the Body

¹² Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body,^(A) so it is with Christ.^(B)

²⁷ Now you are the body of Christ,^(A) and each one of you is a part of it.^(B)

²² And God placed all things under his feet^(A) and appointed him to be head^(B) over everything for the church, ²³ which is his body,^(C) the fullness of him^(D) who fills everything in every way.^(E)