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.
For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also [is] Moshiach [Messiah].
Now you2f are the body of Moshiach [Messiah], and members in particular.
Know you2f not that your bodies are the members of Moshiach [Messiah]? shall I then take the members of Moshiach [Messiah], and make [them] the members of an prostitute? May it not be.
For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:
So we, [being] many, are one body in Moshiach [Messiah], and every one members one of another.
[There is] one body, and one Spirit [Ruach], even as you2f are called in one hope of your calling;
From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplies, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, makes increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
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.
And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all [things] he might have the preeminence.
Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Moshiach [Messiah] in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:
And let the peace of God-The Father rule in your hearts, to the which also you2f are called in one body; and be you2f thankful.
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord - Kurios the church:
For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.