Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.
1 Corinthians 12:12 - Revised Standard Version 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. 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 bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.
To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.
Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, “And to offsprings,” referring to many; but, referring to one, “And to your offspring,” which is Christ.
to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,
There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call,
For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.
He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that in everything he might be pre-eminent.
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I complete what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church,
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.
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful.