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New Testament Reading - One Body in Christ

¹⁸But that isn’t the way God has made us. He has made many parts for our bodies and has put each part just where he wants it. ¹⁹What a strange thing a body would be if it had only one part! ²⁰So he has made many parts, but still there is only one body.

²¹The eye can never say to the hand, “I don’t need you.” The head can’t say to the feet, “I don’t need you.”

²²And some of the parts that seem weakest and least important are really the most necessary. ²³Yes, we are especially glad to have some parts that seem rather odd! And we carefully protect from the eyes of others those parts that should not be seen, ²⁴while of course the parts that may be seen do not require this special care. So God has put the body together in such a way that extra honor and care are given to those parts that might otherwise seem less important. ²⁵This makes for happiness among the parts, so that the parts have the same care for each other that they do for themselves. ²⁶If one part suffers, all parts suffer with it, and if one part is honored, all the parts are glad.

²⁷Now here is what I am trying to say: All of you together are the one body of Christ, and each one of you is a separate and necessary part of it.