Romans 12:4

Plain English Version

I will tell you a picture story. Christians are like a body. You know that we each have a body, but that body has a lot of different parts. Each part of our body has its own job to do. But the parts all belong to that one body, so they all belong to each other.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 12:27

You see, you are all like Jesus Christ’s body. Each of you Christians is a part of his body.

1 Corinthians 12:4

You know, the Holy Spirit gives us special powers to do things. We call those powers the gifts that he gives us. There are different sorts of gifts, but they all come from the same Holy Spirit.

Ephesians 4:4

All of God’s people are like parts of one body, with the one Holy Spirit living in all of us. God picked us to be his own people, so we are all sure of this one thing, that he will do everything that he promised to us.