Unity and Diversity in One Body^(A)

¹² For ^(B)as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, ^(C)so also is Christ.

²⁷ Now ^(A)you are the body of Christ, and ^(B)members individually.

⁴ For ^(A)as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, ⁵ so ^(B)we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.

¹⁵ And let ^(A)the peace of God rule in your hearts, ^(B)to which also you were called ^(C)in one body; and ^(D)be thankful.

¹⁵ but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the ^(A)head—Christ— ^16 (B)from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.

¹⁷ For ^(A)we, though many, are one bread and one body; for we all partake of that one bread.

¹⁹ and not holding fast to ^(A)the Head, from whom all the body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments, ^(B)grows with the increase that is from God.

³⁰ For ^(A)we are members of His body, ^[a]of His flesh and of His bones.

²³ For ^(A)the husband is head of the wife, as also ^(B)Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body.

¹² for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, ^(A)for the ^[a]edifying of ^(B)the body of Christ,