so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
As it is, there are many parts, yet one body.
Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.
Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.
Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.
and not 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.
because we are members of his body.
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church,
which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit. For the body does not consist of one member but of many.
just as I try to please everyone in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.
For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function,
For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.
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