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1 Corinthians 12:12
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1 Corinthians 12:12
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One Body with Many Parts
12 The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up one whole body. So it is with the body of Christ.
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1 Corinthians 12:12
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1 Corinthians 12:12
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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)
1 Corinthians 12:27
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1 Corinthians 12:27
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27 All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it.
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1 Corinthians 12:27
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1 Corinthians 12:27
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Romans 12:4-5
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Romans 12:4-5
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4 Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, 5 so it is with Christ’s body. We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other.
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Romans 12:4-5
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Romans 12:4-5
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4 For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function,(A) 5 so in Christ we, though many, form one body,(B) and each member belongs to all the others.
Colossians 3:15
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Colossians 3:15
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15 And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful.
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Colossians 3:15
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Colossians 3:15
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15 Let the peace of Christ(A) rule in your hearts, since as members of one body(B) you were called to peace.(C) And be thankful.
Ephesians 4:15-16
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Ephesians 4:15-16
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15 Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church. 16 He makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.
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Ephesians 4:15-16
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Ephesians 4:15-16
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15 Instead, speaking the truth in love,(A) we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head,(B) that is, Christ. 16 From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows(C) and builds itself up(D) in love,(E) as each part does its work.
1 Corinthians 10:17
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1 Corinthians 10:17
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17 And though we are many, we all eat from one loaf of bread, showing that we are one body.
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1 Corinthians 10:17
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1 Corinthians 10:17
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17 Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body,(A) for we all share the one loaf.
Colossians 2:19
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Colossians 2:19
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19 and they are not connected to Christ, the head of the body. For he holds the whole body together with its joints and ligaments, and it grows as God nourishes it.
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Colossians 2:19
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Colossians 2:19
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19 They have lost connection with the head,(A) from whom the whole body,(B) supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.(C)
Ephesians 5:23
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Ephesians 5:23
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23 For a husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of his body, the church.
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Ephesians 5:23
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Ephesians 5:23
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23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church,(A) his body, of which he is the Savior.
Ephesians 4:12
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Ephesians 4:12
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12 Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ.
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Ephesians 4:12
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Ephesians 4:12
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Colossians 1:18
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Colossians 1:18
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18 Christ is also the head of the church,
which is his body.
He is the beginning,
supreme over all who rise from the dead.[a]
So he is first in everything.
Footnotes
- 1:18 Or the firstborn from the dead.
Colossians 1:18
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Colossians 1:18
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18 And he is the head(A) of the body, the church;(B) he is the beginning and the firstborn(C) from among the dead,(D) so that in everything he might have the supremacy.
Ephesians 4:4
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Ephesians 4:4
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4 For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future.
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Ephesians 4:4
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Ephesians 4:4
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4 There is one body(A) and one Spirit,(B) just as you were called to one hope when you were called(C);
Galatians 3:16
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Galatians 3:16
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16 God gave the promises to Abraham and his child.[a] And notice that the Scripture doesn’t say “to his children,[b]” as if it meant many descendants. Rather, it says “to his child”—and that, of course, means Christ.
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Galatians 3:16
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Galatians 3:16
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16 The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed.(A) Scripture does not say “and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed,”[a](B) meaning one person, who is Christ.
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- Galatians 3:16 Gen. 12:7; 13:15; 24:7
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