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So also is Christ (houtōs kai ho Christos). One would naturally expect Paul here to say houtōs kai to sōma tou Christou (so also is the body of Christ). He will later call Christ the Head of the Body the Church as in Col 1:18, Col 1:24; Eph 5:23, Eph 5:30. Aristotle had used sōma of the state as the body politic. What Paul here means is Christ as the Head of the Church has a body composed of the members who have varied gifts and functions like the different members of the human body. They are all vitally connected with the Head of the body and with each other. This idea he now elaborates in a remarkable manner.