And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: I in them, and You in Me that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.įor as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. "I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.
There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling With all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Rima Nasrallah of the National Evangelical Church of Beirut (representing The Middle East Council of Churches) reflects on the challenges that the Christians in the Middle East face today, on the main scripture text for the 2022 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (Matthew 2:1-12), and on the key themes that inspired the international materials for this global ecumenical celebration.Playlist: Go to the One Body (topic) playlist
In her address to the Canadian Council of Churches last November (found here: ), The Rev. For 2022, the Middle East Council of Churches was given that responsibility and chose the theme “We saw the star in the East, and we came to worship him” (Matthew 2:2), a theme with special meaning for Christians of that region for whom the celebration of Epiphany is a more significant feast than Christmas. In any given year, the theme for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is proposed and developed by a designated national/regional ecumenical organization. Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret? But strive for the greater gifts. And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers then deeds of power, then gifts of healing, forms of assistance, forms of leadership, various kinds of tongues. Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. If one member suffers, all suffer together with it if one member is honoured, all rejoice together with it. But God has so arranged the body, giving the greater honour to the inferior member, that there may be no dissension within the body, but the members may have the same care for one another. The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” On the contrary, the members of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and those members of the body that we think less honourable we clothe with greater honour, and our less respectable members are treated with greater respect whereas our more respectable members do not need this. If all were a single member, where would the body be? As it is, there are many members, yet one body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were hearing, where would the sense of smell be?īut as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose. And if the ear would say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. If the foot would say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. Indeed, the body does not consist of one member but of many.
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For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body – Jews or Greeks, slaves or free – and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. Just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.
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