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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. 13 Some of us are Jews, some are Gentiles,[a] some are slaves, and some are free. But we have all been baptized into one body by one Spirit, and we all share the same Spirit.[b]

14 Yes, the body has many different parts, not just one part.

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Footnotes

  1. 12:13a Greek some are Greeks.
  2. 12:13b Greek we were all given one Spirit to drink.

The Unity and Diversity of Spiritual Gifts

12 For just as the body is one and yet has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though many, form a single body, so it is with the Messiah.[a] 13 For by[b] one Spirit all of us—Jews and Greeks, slaves and free—were baptized into one body and were all privileged to drink from one Spirit.

14 For the body does not consist of only one part, but of many.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 12:12 Or Christ
  2. 1 Corinthians 12:13 Or in