⁵ so in Christ we, though many, form one body,^(A) and each member belongs to all the others.

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)

²⁷ Now you are the body of Christ,^(A) and each one of you is a part of it.^(B)

²² And God placed all things under his feet^(A) and appointed him to be head^(B) over everything for the church,

²³ which is his body,^(A) the fullness of him^(B) who fills everything in every way.^(C)

Paul’s Labor for the Church

²⁴ Now I rejoice^(A) in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions,^(B) for the sake of his body, which is the church.^(C)