And those members of the body which we think to be less honorable, on these we bestow greater honor and our unpresentable parts have greater modesty” (1 Cor. And 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.” No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary. And if they were all one member, where would the body be? But now indeed there are many members, yet one body. Therefore it is written: “God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased. But as no one person has all the gifts, each one is dependent upon all the others for the benefits which each gift imparts to the church. These gifts are given “for the edifying of the body of Christ,” “which is the church.” Each gift is essential to the church. It is also the unity of individual and mutual dependence because the gifts of the Spirit are many, and are divided “to each one individually as He wills” (1 Cor. And, “God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him” (Acts 10:38). And so it is written: “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because the Lord has anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound” (Isa. It is the unity of individual and mutual helpfulness because the Holy Spirit is given alone to fit us for service. And this unity is one of both individual and mutual helpfulness and dependence. “For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body-whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free-and have all been made to drink into one Spirit” (1 Cor. They are by Him baptized into divine unity-the unity for which Jesus prayed. People receive the Spirit of God when they are baptized with the Holy Spirit.

For by one spirit we are all baptized