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Romans 12:5Rom.12.5

So we, [being] many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

KJV

Greek original

οὕτως οἱ πολλοὶ ἓν σῶμά ἐσμεν ἐν Χριστῷ τὸ δὲ καθ’ εἷς ἀλλήλων μέλη

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

ainsi, nous qui sommes plusieurs, nous formons un seul corps en Christ, et nous sommes tous membres les uns des autres.

KJV

So we, [being] many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

Patristic reading

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  • Eusebius of Caesarea

    Demonstratio Evangelica

    ρὸς τὸν ἑαυτοῦ θεὸν καὶ κύριον καὶ πατέρα τὴν εὐ- χὴν ἀποτείνας ἐπιφέρει λέγων “σὺ δὲ, κύριε, μὴ 13 Rom. 12, 5. 15 1. Cor. 12, 21. μακρύνῃς τὴν βοήθειάν μου.” ὡς γὰρ εἰς βραχὺ καταλειφθεὶς πρὸς τὴν τοῦ ἀγῶνος ἐπίδειξιν, καὶ μόνος δίχα βοηθοῦ πρὸς τὸν θάνατον ἀποδυσάμενος, εὖ εἰδ…
  • Fulgentius of Ruspe

    Sermons and Refutations on the Trinity

    y. As the blessed Apostle says, "We are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another" Romans 12:5. The multitude of believers also had one heart and one soul through love, which is poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. It clearly shows…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    contrary, The Church is Christ's mystical body, like to our natural body, according to the Apostle ( Rom. 12:5 ; 1 Cor. 12:12 , 27 ; Eph. 1:22,23 ; Col. 1:24 ). Now in the natural body there are various offices of the members. Therefore in the Church also there should be various…

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