Romans 12:5

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Romans 12:5

So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

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For just as there are many parts united in our human bodies, and the parts do not all have the same function,

Because there is one loaf, we, many as we are, are one body, for we all share the one loaf.

For just as the body is one and yet has many parts, and all the parts of the body, many as they are, form one body, so it is with Christ.

which is his body, filled by him who fills everything everywhere.

So you must lay aside falsehood and each tell his neighbor the truth, for we are parts of one another.

for a husband is the head of his wife, just as Christ is the head of the church, which is his body, and is saved by him.

At present I am glad to be suffering in your interest, and I am making up in my own person what is lacking in Christ's sufferings for the church, which is his body.

Such people lose their connection with the head, from which the whole body through its ligaments and sinews must be governed and united if it is to grow in the divine way.