The Church as the

Body of Christ
EDUARD SCHWEIZER
The Church as the Body of Christ
The
Church
as the
Body of
Christ
BY EDUARD SCHWEIZER

JOHN KNOX PRESS

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
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CONTENTS

Introduction

I The Understanding of Man as Body

Greece and Israel 9

II The Body of Christ—Given for Many 23

III The Church as the Body of Christ in

the Undisputed Letters of Paul 41

IV The Church as the Body of Christ

in 1 Corinthians 12, Colossians, and
Ephesians 57

Summary