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For in one Spirit were we all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all made to drink into one Spirit.
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The Spirit's Unifying Work
Commentators unanimously affirm that the Holy Spirit is the agent who "baptized" all believers into the one body of Christ. This spiritual union is not based on water baptism alone, but on a shared, internal work of the Spirit. This divine action erases all earthly distinctions—whether racial, cultural, or social—making every Christian an equal and integral part of Christ's universal church.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For by one Spirit. This means that by the agency or operation of the same Spirit, the Holy Spirit, we have been united into one body. The …
Were we all baptized into one body (ημεις παντες εις εν σωμα εβαπτισθημεν). First aorist passive indicative of βαπτιζω and so a re…
19th Century
Anglican
For.—Here follows an illustrative proof of the former statement. The human body is composed of many members, and so also is the sp…
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Baptist
For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. For by one Spi…
Paul now illustrates the diversity and unity of the spiritual gifts by the example of the human body. It is made up of many parts, all of them impo…
16th Century
Protestant
For we are all baptized by one Spirit. Here a proof is brought forward from the effect of baptism. “We are,” he says, “engraf…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For by one Spirit are we all baptized This is to be understood not of water baptism; for the apostle says not in one, and…
Christ and His church form one body, as Head and members. Christians become members of this body by baptism. The outward rite is of divine institut…
13th Century
Catholic
Having laid out the distinction among spiritual gifts, the Apostle now explains it using the analogy of a natural body. He first presents the analo…
