Because there is one loaf of bread, we, who are many, are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf of bread.
1 Corinthians 12:12 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Messiah. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For just as the body is a unity and yet has many parts, and all the parts, though many, form [only] one body, so it is with Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). American Standard Version (1901) For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ. Common English Bible Christ is just like the human body—a body is a unit and has many parts; and all the parts of the body are one body, even though there are many. Catholic Public Domain Version For just as the body is one, and yet has many parts, so all the parts of the body, though they are many, are only one body. So also is Christ. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For as the body is one, and hath many members; and all the members of the body, whereas they are many, yet are one body, so also is Christ. |
Because there is one loaf of bread, we, who are many, are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf of bread.
But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the profit of all.
Now the promises were spoken to Avraham and to his seed. He doesn't say, *To seeds,* as of many, but as of one, *To your seed,* which is Messiah.
for the perfecting of the holy ones, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Messiah;
There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling;
For the husband is the head of the wife, and Messiah also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.
He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Messiah in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the assembly;
and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God's growth.
And let the shalom of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.