²⁰ “I am not asking on behalf of these alone, but also for those who believe in Me through their word, ²¹ that they may all be one; ^(A)just as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, ^(B)so that the world may ^[a]believe that ^(C)You sent Me.

Disciples’ Future Glory

²² The ^(D)glory which You have given Me I also have given to them, so that they may be one, just as We are one; ^23 (E)I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected ^[b]in unity, so that the world may ^[c]know that ^(F)You sent Me, and You ^(G)loved them, just as You loved Me.

¹⁸ But now God has ^(A)arranged the parts, each one of them in the body, ^(B)just as He desired. ¹⁹ If they were all one part, where would the body be? ²⁰ But now ^(C)there are many parts, but one body. ²¹ And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; or again, the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” ²² On the contrary, ^[a]it is much truer that the parts of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary; ²³ and those parts of the body which we ^[b]consider less honorable, ^[c]on these we bestow greater honor, and our less presentable parts become much more presentable, ²⁴ whereas our more presentable parts have no need of it. But God has so composed the body, giving more abundant honor to that part which lacked, ²⁵ so that there may be no ^[d]division in the body, but that the parts may have the same care for one another. ²⁶ And if one part of the body suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if a part is ^[e]honored, all the parts rejoice with it.

²⁷ Now you are ^(D)Christ’s body, and ^(E)individually parts of it.

¹¹ And He ^(A)gave ^(B)some as apostles, some as prophets, some as ^(C)evangelists, some as ^[a]pastors and ^(D)teachers, ^12 (E)for the equipping of the ^[b]saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of ^(F)the body of Christ; ¹³ until we all attain to ^(G)the unity of the faith, and of the ^[c](H)knowledge of the Son of God, to a ^(I)mature man, to the measure of the stature ^[d]which belongs to the ^(J)fullness of Christ. ^14 [e]As a result, we are ^(K)no longer to be children, ^(L)tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of people, by ^(M)craftiness ^[f]in ^(N)deceitful scheming; ¹⁵ but ^[g]speaking the truth ^(O)in love, ^[h]we are to ^(P)grow up in all aspects into Him who is the ^(Q)head, that is, Christ, ¹⁶ from whom ^(R)the whole body, being fitted and held together ^[i]by what every joint supplies, according to the ^[j]proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself ^(S)in love.