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12 You Are the Body of Christ.[a] The body is one, although it has many parts; and all the parts, though many, form one body. So it is with Christ.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 12:12 The Church, united and in harmony like a physical body, really forms the Body of Christ (1 Cor 10:17; Col 1:8-24; Eph 1:22-23; 5:23), brought into being by participation in his Eucharistic Body and given life by the life of the Spirit. This is one of Paul’s major ideas regarding the mystery of the Church.

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)

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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.

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12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.

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