1 Corinthians 12:13

Unity In The Midst Of Diversity

¹² For just as the human body is one whole, and yet has many parts, and all its parts, many though they are, form but one body, so it is with the Christ; ¹³ For it was by one Spirit that we were all baptized to form one Body, whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free men, and were all imbued with one Spirit. ¹⁴ The human body, I repeat, consists not of one part, but of many.

Baptized into Christ

Baptized into One Body

Body of Christ

Bond or Free

Drink into One Spirit

Holy Spirit

Jews and Greeks

Same Spirit

Slave Or Free

Christ

Jew

John

John 7:37-39

On the last and greatest day of the Festival, Jesus, who was standing by, exclaimed: "If any one thirsts, let him come to me, and drink.

Galatians 3:28

All distinctions between Jew and Greek, slave and freeman, male and female, have vanished; for in union with Christ Jesus you are all one.

Colossians 3:11

In that new life there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, freeman; but Christ is all!--and in all!

Matthew 3:11

I, indeed, baptize you with water to teach repentance; but He who is Coming after me is more powerful than I, and I am not fit even to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

Luke 3:16

John, addressing them all, said: "I, indeed, baptize you with water; but there is coming one more powerful than I, and I am not fit even to unfasten his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

John 3:5

"In truth I tell you," answered Jesus, "unless a man owes his birth to Water and Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God.

Acts 1:5

For, while John baptized with water, you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit before many days have passed."

Ephesians 4:5

There is but one Lord, one Faith, one Baptism.

1 Peter 3:21

And baptism, which this foreshadowed, now saves you--not the mere cleansing of the body, but the search of a clear conscience after God--through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

John 1:16

Out of his fullness we have all received some gift, gift after gift of love;

John 1:33

I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water, he said to me 'He upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining upon him--he it is who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'

John 4:10

"If you knew of the gift of God," replied Jesus, "and who it is that is saying to you 'Give me some water,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you 'living water'."

John 4:14

But whoever once drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst any more; but the water that I will give him shall become a spring welling up within him--a source of Immortal Life."

John 6:63

It is the Spirit that gives Life; mere flesh is of no avail. In the teaching that I have been giving you there is Spirit and there is Life.

Romans 3:29

Or can it be that God is the God only of the Jews? Is not he also the God of the Gentiles?

Romans 4:11

Not after, but before. And it was as a sign of this that he received the rite of circumcision-to attest the righteousness due to the faith of an uncircumcised man-in order that he might be the father of all who have faith in God even when uncircumcised, that they also may be regarded by God as righteous;

Romans 6:3-6

Or can it be that you do not know that all of us, who were baptized into union with Christ Jesus, in our baptism shared his death?

Romans 8:9-11

You, however, are not earthly but spiritual, since the Spirit of God lives within you. Unless a man has the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ;

1 Corinthians 7:21-22

Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let that trouble you. No, even if you are able to gain your freedom, still do your best.

1 Corinthians 10:2

That in the cloud and in the sea they all underwent baptism as followers of Moses;

Galatians 3:23

Before the coming of faith, we were kept under the guard of the Law, in bondage, awaiting the Faith that was destined to be revealed.

Ephesians 2:11-22

Remember, therefore, that you were once Gentiles yourselves, as your bodies showed; you were called 'The Uncircumcised' by those who were called 'The Circumcised'--circumcised only by the hand of man!

Ephesians 3:6

That, by union with Christ Jesus and through the Good News, the Gentiles are co-heirs with us and members of one Body, and that they share with us in God's Promise.

Ephesians 5:26

To make her holy, after purifying her by the Washing with the Water, according to his promise;

Ephesians 6:8

For you know that every one will be rewarded by the Master for any honest work that he has done, whether he is a slave or a freeman.

Colossians 1:27

To whom it was his pleasure to make known the surpassing glory of that hidden Truth when proclaimed among the Gentiles--'Christ among you! Your Hope of glory!'

Colossians 2:11-12

By your union with him you received a circumcision that was not performed by human hands, when you threw off the tyranny of the earthly body, and received the circumcision of the Christ.

Titus 3:4-6

But, when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for man were revealed, he saved us,