so we, (A)though many, (B)are one body in Christ, and individually (C)members one of another.

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

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20 As it is, there are many parts,[a] yet one body.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 12:20 Or members; also verse 22

20 As it is, there are many parts, but one body.(A)

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17 Because there is one bread, we who are many are (A)one body, for we all partake of the one bread.

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17 Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body,(A) for we all share the one loaf.

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25 Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you (A)speak the truth with his neighbor, for (B)we are members one of another.

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25 Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully(A) to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body.(B)

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19 and (A)not (B)holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.

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19 They have lost connection with the head,(A) from whom the whole body,(B) supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.(C)

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

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27 Now (A)you are the body of Christ and individually (B)members of it. 28 And (C)God has appointed in the church first (D)apostles, second (E)prophets, third teachers, then (F)miracles, then (G)gifts of healing, (H)helping, (I)administrating, and (J)various kinds of tongues.

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27 Now you are the body of Christ,(A) and each one of you is a part of it.(B) 28 And God has placed in the church(C) first of all apostles,(D) second prophets,(E) third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing,(F) of helping, of guidance,(G) and of different kinds of tongues.(H)

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One Body with Many Members

12 For just as (A)the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, (B)so it is with Christ. 13 For (C)in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—(D)Jews or Greeks, slaves[a] or free—and (E)all were made to drink of one Spirit.

14 For the body does not consist of one member but of many.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 12:13 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface

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) 13 For we were all baptized(C) by[a] one Spirit(D) so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free(E)—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.(F) 14 Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.(G)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 12:13 Or with; or in

33 just as (A)I try to please everyone in everything I do, (B)not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.

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33 even as I try to please everyone in every way.(A) For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many,(B) so that they may be saved.(C)

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For (A)as in one body we have many members,[a] and the members do not all have the same function,

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  1. Romans 12:4 Greek parts; also verse 5

For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function,(A)

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Paul's Ministry to the Church

24 Now (A)I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh (B)I am filling up (C)what is lacking in Christ's afflictions (D)for the sake of his body, that is, the church,

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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)

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30 because (A)we are members of his body.

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30 for we are members of his body.(A)

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23 For (A)the husband is the head of the wife even as (B)Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is (C)himself its Savior.

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23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church,(A) his body, of which he is the Savior.

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