We have many parts in the one body, and all these parts have different functions.

Because there is the one loaf of bread, all of us, though many, are one body, for we all share the same loaf.

Christ is like a single body, which has many parts; it is still one body, even though it is made up of different parts.

For the body itself is not made up of only one part, but of many parts.

The church is Christ's body, the completion of him who himself completes all things everywhere.

No more lying, then! Each of you must tell the truth to the other believer, because we are all members together in the body of Christ.

For a husband has authority over his wife just as Christ has authority over the church; and Christ is himself the Savior of the church, his body.

for we are members of his body.)

And now I am happy about my sufferings for you, for by means of my physical sufferings I am helping to complete what still remains of Christ's sufferings on behalf of his body, the church.

and have stopped holding on to Christ, who is the head of the body. Under Christ's control the whole body is nourished and held together by its joints and ligaments, and it grows as God wants it to grow.