The Body of Christ: Difference between revisions

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If a person is a Christian, that is they have placed their trust in Jesus Christ, they are in the body of Christ.
If a person is a Christian, that is they have placed their trust in Jesus Christ, they are in the body of Christ.


''For as in '''one body''' we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are '''one body in Christ''', and individually members one of another.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Ro 12:4–5.</ref>
:''For as in '''one body''' we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are '''one body in Christ''', and individually members one of another.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Ro 12:4–5.</ref>


''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. For in one Spirit w'''e were all baptized into one body'''—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit. For the body does not consist of one member but of many.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), 1 Co 12:12–14.</ref>
:''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. For in one Spirit w'''e were all baptized into one body'''—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit. For the body does not consist of one member but of many.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), 1 Co 12:12–14.</ref>


'' '''There is one body''' and one Spirit — just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call — one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Eph 4:4–6.</ref>
:'''''There is one body''' and one Spirit — just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call — one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Eph 4:4–6.</ref>


''And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in '''one body'''.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Col 3:15.</ref>
:''And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in '''one body'''.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Col 3:15.</ref>


==What do I have to do to get into the Body of Christ?==
==What do I have to do to get into the Body of Christ?==