1 Corinthians 12:11-13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
11 But one and the same Spirit produces all of these, distributing them individually to each person as he wishes.(A)
One Body, Many Parts.[a] 12 As a body is one though it has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though many, are one body, so also Christ.(B) 13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free persons, and we were all given to drink of one Spirit.(C)
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- 12:12–26 The image of a body is introduced to explain Christ’s relationship with believers (1 Cor 12:12). 1 Cor 12:13 applies this model to the church: by baptism all, despite diversity of ethnic or social origins, are integrated into one organism. 1 Cor 12:14–26 then develop the need for diversity of function among the parts of a body without threat to its unity.
1 Corinthians 12:11-13
New International Version
11 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit,(A) and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.
Unity and Diversity in the Body
12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body,(B) so it is with Christ.(C) 13 For we were all baptized(D) by[a] one Spirit(E) so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free(F)—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.(G)
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