17. READ: 1 CORINTHIANS 12:12-27
[1 Corinthians 12:12] "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. [13] For we were all baptized by
[or, "with," or, "in"] One Spirit into one
body--whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free--and we were
all given the One Spirit to drink.
[14] "Now the body is not made up of one part but of
many. [15] 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. [16] 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. [17] 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? [18]
But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of
them, just as He wanted them to be. [19] If they were all one part,
where would the body be? [20] As it is, there are many parts, but
one body.
[21] "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!' [22] On the
contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are
indispensable, [23] 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, [24] 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, [25]
so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts
should have equal concern for each other. [26] If one part suffers,
every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part
rejoices with it.
[27] "Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of
you is a part of it."
a. What are we baptized by one Spirit into?
b. How has God arranged all the parts of the body?
c. What should there NOT be in the body of Christ?
d. How many bodies does Christ have?
