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.

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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)

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Footnotes

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

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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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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There is (A)one body and (B)one Spirit—just as you were called to the one (C)hope that belongs to your call—

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There is one body(A) and one Spirit,(B) just as you were called to one hope when you were called(C);

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16 (A)from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, (B)when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.

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16 From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows(A) and builds itself up(B) in love,(C) as each part does its work.

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15 And let (A)the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called (B)in one body. And (C)be thankful.

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15 Let the peace of Christ(A) rule in your hearts, since as members of one body(B) you were called to peace.(C) And be thankful.

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