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12:18 -RRB- , for ` ye are the body of Christ , and members in particular . ' '' For a moment Edwin paused to meditate upon what he had read ; then he continued : `` It is God himself that assigns each member his place in the church , or the body of Christ , and makes known to him what his line of spiritual work is to be -- ` Now ye are the body of Christ , and members in particular . And God hath set some in the church , first apostles , secondarily prophets , thirdly teachers , after that miracles , then gifts of healing , ' etc. -LRB- 1 Cor . 12:27,28 -RRB- . `` The origin of the church is the immediate result of conversion and is inseparable from it . ` I pray not for the world , but for them which thou hast given me ; for they are thine . Neither pray I for these alone , but for them also which shall believe on me through their word ; that they all may be one ; as thou , Father , art in me ... that the world may believe that thou hast sent me ' -LRB- John 17:9 , 20 , 21 -RRB- .