Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 12:12
This verse emphasizes unity within diversity, highlighting many members rather than one bread.
1 Corinthians 12:12: For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also [is] Christ.
Contradiction with Romans 12:5
Talks about being many members in one body, suggesting diversity rather than oneness as in the bread allegory.
Romans 12:5: So we, [being] many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
Contradiction with Galatians 3:28
States that various distinctions exist but are united in Christ, focusing on unity in spirit rather than oneness in bread.
Galatians 3:28: There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Contradiction with John 17:20-21
Speaks of unity through faith rather than physical manifestation like bread.
John 17:20-21: Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
Contradiction with Ephesians 4:4
Mentions one body and one Spirit, focusing on spiritual unity distinct from the metaphor of one bread.
Ephesians 4:4: [There is] one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;