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12 A person's body is only one thing, but it has many parts. Though there are many parts to a body, all those parts make only one body. Christ is like that also.
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Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ.
13 Some of us are Jews, and some are Greeks. Some of us are slaves, and some are free. But we were all baptized into one body through one Spirit. And we were all made to share in the one Spirit.
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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.
14 The human body has many parts.
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Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.
15 The foot might say, "Because I am not a hand, I am not part of the body." But saying this would not stop the foot from being a part of the body.
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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.
16 The ear might say, "Because I am not an eye, I am not part of the body." But saying this would not stop the ear from being a part of the body.
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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.
17 If the whole body were an eye, it would not be able to hear. If the whole body were an ear, it would not be able to smell.
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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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But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be.
19 If each part of the body were the same part, there would be no body. But truly God put all the parts, each one of them, in the body as he wanted them.
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If they were all one part, where would the body be?
20 So then there are many parts, but only one body.
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As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
21 The eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you!" And the head cannot say to the foot, "I don't need you!"
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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!”
22 No! Those parts of the body that seem to be the weaker are really necessary.
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On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,
23 And the parts of the body we think are less deserving are the parts to which we give the most honor. We give special respect to the parts we want to hide.
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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,
24 The more respectable parts of our body need no special care. But God put the body together and gave more honor to the parts that need it
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while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it,
25 so our body would not be divided. God wanted the different parts to care the same for each other.
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so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other.
26 If one part of the body suffers, all the other parts suffer with it. Or if one part of our body is honored, all the other parts share its honor.
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If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
27 Together you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of that body.
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Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.
28 In the church God has given a place first to apostles, second to prophets, and third to teachers. Then God has given a place to those who do miracles, those who have gifts of healing, those who can help others, those who are able to govern, and those who can speak in different languages.
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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.
29 Not all are apostles. Not all are prophets. Not all are teachers. Not all do miracles.
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Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?
30 Not all have gifts of healing. Not all speak in different languages. Not all interpret those languages.
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Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues ? Do all interpret?
31 But you should truly want to have the greater gifts. And now I will show you the best way of all.
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Now eagerly desire the greater gifts. And yet I will show you the most excellent way.
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