¹¹ And some of you used to be like this.^(A) But you were washed, you were sanctified,^(B) you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Unity Yet Diversity in the Body

¹² For just as the body is one^(A) and has many parts, and all the parts of that body, though many, are one body—so also is Christ.^(B)

²¹ Now it is God who strengthens us together with you in Christ, and who has anointed^(A) us.

¹³ In him you also were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit^(A) when you heard the word of truth,^(B) the gospel of your salvation, and when you believed.

⁵ he saved us^(A)—not by works of righteousness that we had done,^(B) but according to his mercy^(C)—through the washing of regeneration^(D) and renewal by the Holy Spirit.^{(E) 6} He poured out his Spirit on us abundantly^(F) through Jesus Christ our Savior ⁷ so that, having been justified by his grace,^(G) we may become heirs with the hope of eternal life.^(H)

⁵ Jesus answered, “Truly I tell you, unless someone is born^(A) of water and the Spirit,^(B) he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

⁵¹ I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread he will live^(A) forever.^(B) The bread that I will give for the life^(C) of the world is my flesh.”^(D)

⁵² At that, the Jews argued^(E) among themselves,^(F) “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

⁵³ So Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man^(G) and drink his blood,^(H) you do not have life in yourselves. ⁵⁴ The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood^(I) has eternal life, and I will raise^(J) him up on the last day, ⁵⁵ because my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink. ⁵⁶ The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him.^{(K) 57} Just as the living^(L) Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live^(M) because of me. ⁵⁸ This is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like the manna^[a] your ancestors ate—and they died. The one who eats this bread will live forever.”^(N)

⁶³ The Spirit^(A) is the one who gives life. The flesh doesn’t help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

²⁰ But you have an anointing^(A) from the Holy One,^(B) and all of you know the truth.^[a]