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) 13} For we were all baptized^(C) by^[a] one Spirit^(D) so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free^(E)—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.^(F)

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

Humble Service in the Body of Christ

³ For by the grace given me^(A) I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. ⁴ For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function,^{(B) 5} so in Christ we, though many, form one body,^(C) and each member belongs to all the others.

²⁹ After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church— ³⁰ for we are members of his body.^(A)

¹⁸ For through him we both have access^(A) to the Father^(B) by one Spirit.^(C)

¹⁹ Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers,^(D) but fellow citizens^(E) with God’s people and also members of his household,^{(F) 20} built^(G) on the foundation^(H) of the apostles and prophets,^(I) with Christ Jesus himself^(J) as the chief cornerstone.^(K)