27 Now you are (A)Christ’s body, and (B)individually parts of it.

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

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12 (A)for the equipping of the [a]saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of (B)the body of Christ;

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 4:12 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people

12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ(A) may be built up(B)

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For (A)just as we have many parts in one body and all [a]the body’s parts do not have the same function, so we, (B)who are many, are (C)one body in Christ, and individually parts of one another.

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  1. Romans 12:4 Lit the parts

For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function,(A) so in Christ we, though many, form one body,(B) and each member belongs to all the others.

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24 (A)Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh (B)I am supplementing what is lacking [a]in Christ’s afflictions in behalf of (C)His body, which is the church. 25 (D)I [b]was made a minister of this church according to the (E)commission from God granted to me for your benefit, so that I might [c]fully carry out the preaching of the word of God, 26 that is, (F)the mystery which had been hidden from the past ages and generations, but now has been revealed to His [d]saints, 27 to whom (G)God willed to make known what (H)the wealth of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles is, the mystery that is (I)Christ in you, the (J)hope of glory.

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 1:24 Lit of
  2. Colossians 1:25 Lit became
  3. Colossians 1:25 Lit make full the word of God
  4. Colossians 1:26 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people

Paul’s Labor for the Church

24 Now I rejoice(A) in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions,(B) for the sake of his body, which is the church.(C) 25 I have become its servant(D) by the commission God gave me(E) to present to you the word of God(F) in its fullness— 26 the mystery(G) that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the Lord’s people. 27 To them God has chosen to make known(H) among the Gentiles the glorious riches(I) of this mystery, which is Christ in you,(J) the hope of glory.

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