⁴ Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function,

²⁷ All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it.

¹⁵ Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church. ¹⁶ He makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.

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.

⁴ There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit is the source of them all.

⁴ For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future.