Since there is one bread, we who are many are one body—for we all partake of the one bread.
1 Corinthians 12:12 - Tree of Life Version For just as the body is one and has many parts, and all the parts of the body—though 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. |
Since there is one bread, we who are many are one body—for we all partake of the one bread.
But to each person is given the manifestation of the Ruach for the benefit of all.
Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. It doesn’t say, “and to seeds,” as of many, but as of one, “and to your seed,” who is the Messiah.
to equip the kedoshim for the work of service, for building up the body of Messiah.
There is one body and one Ruach, just as you also were called in one hope of your calling;
For the husband is head of the wife, as Messiah also is head of His community—Himself the Savior of the body.
He is the head of the body, His community. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead— so that He might come to have first place in all things.
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and in my physical body—for the sake of His body, Messiah’s community—I fill up what is lacking in the afflictions of Messiah.
He is not holding fast to the Head. It is from Him that the whole body, nourished and held together by its joints and tendons, grows with a godly increase.
Let the shalom of Messiah rule in your hearts—to this shalom you were surely called in one body. Also be thankful.