Answer: In Christ, we who are many form one body, and
each member belongs to all the others, (verse 5).
MORE INFORMATION AND/OR OTHER SCRIPTURE REFERENCES:
1 Corinthians 6:15a, 17: "Do you
not know that your bodies are members of Christ Himself?... But he
who unites himself with the Lord is one with Him in
spirit."
1 Corinthians 10:16-17: "Is not the
cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the
blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation
in the body of Christ? Because there is one loaf, we, who are
many, are one body, for we all partake of the one
loaf."
1 Corinthians 12:12-13, 20, 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...As it is, there are many
parts, but one body...Now you are the body of Christ, and each
one of you is a part of it."
Ephesians 2:16: "and in this one
body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which
He [Christ] put to death their hostility."
Ephesians 4:4-6: "There is one body
and One Spirit--just as you were called to one hope when you
were called--One Lord, one faith, one baptism; One God and
Father of all, Who is over all and through all and in
all."
Ephesians 4:25: "Therefore each of
you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor,
for we are all members of one body."
Ephesians 5:29-30: "After all, no
one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as
Christ does the church--for we are members of His
body."
Colossians 3:15: "Let the peace of
Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were
called to peace. And be thankful."
