1Cor 12:12, Col 1:18, 24 | ESV | STEP | 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 .

1 Corinthians 12:12

One Body with Many Members

12 For just as ^athe body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, ^bso it is with Christ.

Colossians 1:18

18 And ^che is the head of the body, the church. He is ^dthe beginning, ^ethe firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.

Colossians 1:24

Paul’s Ministry to the Church

24 Now ^fI rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh ^gI am filling up ^hwhat is lacking in Christ’s afflictions ⁱfor the sake of his body, that is, the church,