THE BODY OF CHRIST The New Testament affirms the following about the accomplishments of Christ’s “body,” this word referring in the contexts cited to his body offered up in sacrifice to God: Romans 7:4: Christians “died [ἐθανατώθητε, ethanatōthēte] to the law through the body of Christ.” Colossians 1:22: God “reconciled [ἀποκατήλλαξεν, apokatēllaxen] you by the body of [Christ’s] flesh through death to present you holy and unblemished and blameless in his sight.” Hebrews 10:10: Christians