There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men. Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. …

All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he determines.

The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body-whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free-and we were all given the one Spirit to drink Now the body is not made up of one part but of many.

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Am I tolerant of the diversity within the body of Christ?

In Business TermsEphesians 1:9-10 is God's agenda for uniting all things in Christ. I also think of the passage in Ephesians 4, where Paul says that when Christ ascended he left gifts: apostles, prophets, evangelists, ...