For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all given to drink into one Spirit.
1 Corinthians 12:13 · WEBRead the whole chapter →
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From this verse, the Word reaches
In parallel withGalatians 3:27-28
The one baptism creates the one people: as many as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ, neither Jew nor Greek.
“For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”
The same threadEphesians 4:4-5
The unity the baptism creates, confessed back: one body, one Spirit, one hope of your calling.
“There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism,”
That reaches back to this verse
In parallel with (this verse)Galatians 3:27
The same baptism from the body's side: in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body.
“For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.”