There is one body. Not one kind of body, but ONE BODY composed of every one who is IN FACT a son or daughter of God! Even though each congregation is the body of Christ (see note on Ephesians 2:22), and Christ is the head of each congregation in that sense, yet Christ is the head of the ONE BODY into which he unites both Jew and Gentile and brings them back to God (Ephesians 2:16). One Spirit. See note on Ephesians 4:3. Lipscomb says: "There is but one Spirit to give life, to guide, and direct that one body." One hope. The hope of eternal life created in each one who hears God's call (through the gospel, John 6:45) and responds to it!

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