1 Corinthians 12:27
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27 Now you are (A)Christ’s body, and (B)individually parts of it.
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Ephesians 4:12
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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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- Ephesians 4:12 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
Romans 12:4-5
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4 For (A)just as we have many parts in one body and all [a]the body’s parts do not have the same function, 5 so we, (B)who are many, are (C)one body in Christ, and individually parts of one another.
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- Romans 12:4 Lit the parts
Colossians 1:24-27
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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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- Colossians 1:24 Lit of
- Colossians 1:25 Lit became
- Colossians 1:25 Lit make full the word of God
- Colossians 1:26 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
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