Answer: Christ is the Savior of His body, (verse
23).
MORE INFORMATION AND/OR OTHER SCRIPTURE REFERENCES:
1 Corinthians 12:12-27: "The body
is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its
parts are many, they form one body. SO IT IS WITH CHRIST. FOR
WE WERE ALL BAPTIZED BY ONE SPIRIT INTO ONE BODY--whether Jews
or Greeks, slave or free--and we were all given the one Spirit to
drink. Now the body is not made up of one part but of
many. If the foot should say, 'Because I am not a hand,
I do not belong to the body,' it would not for that reason
cease to be part of the body. And if the ear should say,
'Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,'
it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. If
the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If
the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell
be? But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every
one of them, just as He wanted them to be. If they were all
one part, where would the body be? As it is, there are many
parts, but one body. The eye cannot say to the hand, 'I
don't need you!' And the head cannot say to the feet,
'I don't need you!' On the contrary, those parts
of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and the parts
that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And
the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty,
while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has
combined the members of the body and has given greater honor to the
parts that lacked it, so that there should be no division in the
body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each
other. If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if
one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. NOW YOU ARE
THE BODY OF CHRIST, AND EACH ONE OF YOU IS A PART OF
IT."
Ephesians 2:14-18: "For He Himself
is our peace, Who has made the two [Jews and non-Jews] one and has
destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, by
abolishing in His flesh the law with its commandments and
regulations. His purpose was to create in Himself one new man out
of the two, thus making peace, and in this ONE BODY TO RECONCILE
BOTH OF THEM TO GOD THROUGH THE CROSS, by which He put to death
their hostility. He came and preached peace to you who were
far away and peace to those who were near. For through Him we
both have access to the Father by one Spirit."
Ephesians 4:4, 12, 16: "There is
ONE BODY and one Spirit--just as you were called to one hope
when you were called...to prepare God's people for works of
service, so that the BODY of Christ may be built up...From Him
the whole BODY, joined and held together by every supporting
ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its
work."
Colossians 1:18-20: "And He
[Christ] is the head of the BODY, the CHURCH; He is the beginning
and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything He
might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all His
fullness dwell in Him, and THROUGH HIM TO RECONCILE TO HIMSELF ALL
THINGS, whether things on earth or things in heaven, BY MAKING
PEACE THROUGH HIS BLOOD, SHED ON THE CROSS."
