Corpo de Cristo
A Igreja é o Corpo de Cristo — organismo vivo onde cada membro tem função única e indispensável. Cristo é a cabeça; nós somos seus membros.
Um corpo, muitos membros
Assim como o corpo é um e tem muitos membros, assim é Cristo. Nós somos o corpo de Cristo e individualmente seus membros.
An analogy from the body
Καθάπερ γὰρ τὸ σῶμα ἕν ἐστιν καὶ μέλη ἔχει πολλά,35 [96%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ ∼ 132 ℵA,B,C [4%] NU ¦ ∼ 312 𝕻46 πάντα δὲ τὰ μέλη τοῦ σώματος τοῦ ἑνός,35 [93%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- ℵA,B,C [7%] NU πολλὰ ὄντα, ἕν ἐστιν σῶμα, οὕτως καὶ ὁ Χριστός.
Functions in the Church
Ὑμεῖς δέ ἐστε σῶμα Χριστοῦ, καὶ μέλη ἐκ μέρους.
Οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι τὰ σώματα ὑμῶν μέλη Χριστοῦ ἐστιν; Ἄρας35 𝕻46ℵA,B,C [70%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ αρα [30%] οὖν τὰ μέλη τοῦ Χριστοῦ ποιήσω πόρνης μέλη; Μὴ γένοιτο.
Καθάπερ γὰρ ἐν ἑνὶ σώματι μέλη πολλὰ35 A [97%] OC,RP,HF,TR,CP ¦ ∼ 21 𝕻46ℵB [3%] NU ἔχομεν, τὰ δὲ μέλη πάντα οὐ τὴν αὐτὴν ἔχει πρᾶξιν, οὕτως οἱ πολλοὶ ἓν σῶμά ἐσμεν ἐν Χριστῷ, ὁ35 [97%] OC,RP,HF,TR,CP ¦ το 𝕻46ℵA,B [3%] NU δὲ καθ᾿ εἷς35 [70%] CP (Since there is no ambiguity, they were just saving ink.) ἀλλήλων μέλη.
Ἓν σῶμα καὶ ἓν Πνεῦμα (καθὼς καὶ ἐκλήθητε ἐν μιᾷ ἐλπίδι τῆς κλήσεως ὑμῶν), ¦ ημων CP
ἐξ οὗ πᾶν τὸ σῶμα, συναρμολογούμενον καὶ συμβιβαζόμενον διὰ πάσης ἁφῆς τῆς ἐπιχορηγίας, κατ᾿ ἐνέργειαν ἐν μέτρῳ ἑνὸς ἑκάστου μέρους, τὴν αὔξησιν τοῦ σώματος ποιεῖται ¦ ποιηται CP εἰς οἰκοδομὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἐν ἀγάπῃ.
Cristo, a cabeça
Ele é a cabeça do corpo, que é a igreja. O corpo cresce e se edifica em amor quando cada parte faz o seu trabalho.
Καί, αὐτός ἐστιν ἡ ¦ --- [2%] CP κεφαλὴ τοῦ σώματος, τῆς ἐκκλησίας· ὅς ἐστιν ἀρχή, πρωτότοκος ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν, ἵνα γένηται ἐν πᾶσιν αὐτὸς πρωτεύων,
Present everyone perfect in Christ
Νῦν χαίρω ἐν τοῖς παθήμασίν μου35 [55%] OC,TR ¦ --- ℵA,B,C [45%] RP,HF,CP,NU (OC has small print.) ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν καὶ ἀνταναπληρῶ τὰ ὑστερήματα τῶν θλίψεων τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐν τῇ σαρκί μου, ὑπὲρ τοῦ σώματος αὐτοῦ, ὅ ¦ ος C [10%] ἐστιν ἡ ἐκκλησία,
Καὶ ἡ εἰρήνη τοῦ Θεοῦ35 (95.2%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ χριστου ℵA,B,C,I (4.8%) NU βραβευέτω ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν, εἰς ἣν καὶ ἐκλήθητε ἐν ἑνὶ σώματι· καὶ εὐχάριστοι γίνεσθε.
Οὐδεὶς γάρ ποτε τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σάρκα ἐμίσησεν· ἀλλὰ35 A,B [60%] CP,NU ¦ αλλ ℵ [40%] RP,HF,OC,TR ἐκτρέφει καὶ θάλπει αὐτήν, καθὼς καὶ ὁ Κύριος35 [80%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ χριστος 𝕻46ℵA,B,048 [20%] NU τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν —ὅτι μέλη ἐσμὲν τοῦ σώματος αὐτοῦ, ἐκ τῆς σαρκὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐκ τῶν ὀστέων αὐτοῦ.35 (93.3%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 12345789 (2.5%) ¦ 56789 (0.5%) ¦ --- 𝕻46ℵA,B,048 (2.3%) NU ¦ six other variants (1.3%) (The omission is a not very difficult case of homoioteleuton.)