Comparing the Christian congregation to the human body, Paul wrote: “God compounded the body, giving honor more abundant to the part which had a lack, so that there should be no division in the body, but that its members should have the same care for one another. ” Another translation reads: “All the different parts of [the body are] to make each other’s welfare their common care. ”
Sewaktu menyamakan sidang Kristen dengan tubuh manusia, Paulus menulis, ” Allah menyusun tubuh itu, memberikan berlimpah - limpah kehormatan kepada bagian tubuh yang memiliki kekurangan, agar tidak ada perpecahan dalam tubuh, tetapi agar anggota - anggotanya saling memperhatikan. ”