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12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ.
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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.
13 For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
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For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.
14 Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.
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Indeed, the body does not consist of one member but of many.
15 Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body.
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If the foot would say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," that would not make it any less a part of the body.
16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body.
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And if the ear would say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," that would not make it any less a part of the body.
17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?
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If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were hearing, where would the sense of smell be?
18 But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be.
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But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose.
19 If they were all one part, where would the body be?
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If all were a single member, where would the body be?
20 As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
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As it is, there are many members, yet one body.
21 The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!”
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The eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you," nor again the head to the feet, "I have no need of you."
22 On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,
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On the contrary, the members of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,
23 and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty,
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and those members of the body that we think less honorable we clothe with greater honor, and our less respectable members are treated with greater respect;
24 while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it,
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whereas our more respectable members do not need this. But God has so arranged the body, giving the greater honor to the inferior member,
25 so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other.
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that there may be no dissension within the body, but the members may have the same care for one another.
26 If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
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If one member suffers, all suffer together with it; if one member is honored, all rejoice together with it.
27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.
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Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.
28 And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues.
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And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers; then deeds of power, then gifts of healing, forms of assistance, forms of leadership, various kinds of tongues.
29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?
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Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?
30 Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues ? Do all interpret?
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Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?
31 Now eagerly desire the greater gifts. And yet I will show you the most excellent way.
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But strive for the greater gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way.
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