air as philosophers such as Epictetus were beginning to teach that human society could no longer afford to remain divided. The image of the body—one entity composed of several distinct but interrelated parts—was emerging at the time of the New Testament writers. It was Paul’s major contribution to religious development to make this teaching the central, organizing principle of his missionary and pastoral ministry. The kernel of Paul’s argument may be found already in 1 Cor. 12:13; Gal. 3:28; and