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We Need Each Other

1 Corinthians 12 pattern

The body metaphor in 1 Corinthians 12 is not poetic decoration. It is a claim about how God has designed His people. No part can say to another, “I have no need of you.” Isolation may feel safer or more efficient. It is not how the church is meant to live. We are joined, and the health of each affects the whole.

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Standard but necessary reminder against isolated Christianity.

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1 Corinthians 12

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