body of christ
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27Now you are the body of Christ, and parts like any part.
16For in him, the whole body is joined closely together, by every underlying joint, through the function allotted to each part, bringing improvement to the body, toward its edification in charity.
18And he is the head of his body, the Church. He is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, so that in all things he may hold primacy.
4For just as, within one body, we have many parts, though all the parts do not have the same role, 5so also we, being many, are one body in Christ, and each one is a part, the one of the other.
10And so, I beg you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that every one of you speak in the same way, and that there be no schisms among you. So may you become perfect, with the same mind and with the same judgment.
12For 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.
5so also we, being many, are one body in Christ, and each one is a part, the one of the other.
13And indeed, in one Spirit, we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Gentiles, whether servant or free. And we all drank in the one Spirit.
23which is his body and which is the fullness of him who accomplishes everything in everyone.
12for the sake of the perfection of the saints, by the work of the ministry, in the edification of the body of Christ,
1If I were to speak in the language of men, or of Angels, yet not have charity, I would be like a clanging bell or a crashing cymbal. 2And if I have prophecy, and learn every mystery, and obtain all knowledge, and possess all faith, so that I could move mountains, yet not have charity, then I am nothing. 3And if I distribute all my goods in order to feed the poor, and if I hand over my body to be burned, yet not have charity, it offers me nothing. 4Charity is patient, is kind. Charity does not envy, does not act wrongly, is not inflated. 5Charity is not ambitious, does not seek for itself, is not provoked to anger, devises no evil. 6Charity does not rejoice over iniquity, but rejoices in truth.