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)

¹⁸ But in fact God has placed^(A) the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be.^{(B) 19} If they were all one part, where would the body be? ²⁰ As it is, there are many parts, but one body.^(C)

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