1 Corinthians 12:12

In 9 translations

BSB

The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.

KJV

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.

WEB

For as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.

ASV

For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.

LSV

For even as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the one body, being many, are one body, so also [is] the Christ,

YLT

For, even as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the one body, being many, are one body, so also [is] the Christ,

DBY

For even as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of the body, being many, are one body, so also [is] the Christ.

DRC

For as the body is one, and hath many members; and all the members of the body, whereas they are many, yet are one body, so also is Christ.

GNV

For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the body, which is one, though they be many, yet are but one body: euen so is Christ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

Καθάπερ γὰρ τὸ σῶμα ἕν ἐστιν καὶ μέλη πολλὰ ἔχει, πάντα δὲ τὰ μέλη τοῦ σώματος πολλὰ ὄντα ἕν ἐστιν σῶμα, οὕτως καὶ ὁ Χριστός·

RP2018

Καθάπερ γὰρ τὸ σῶμα ἕν ἐστιν, καὶ μέλη ἔχει πολλά, πάντα δὲ τὰ μέλη τοῦ σώματος τοῦ ἑνός, πολλὰ ὄντα, ἕν ἐστιν σῶμα· οὕτως καὶ ὁ χριστός.

TR-Boyd

Καθάπερ γὰρ τὸ σῶμα ἕν ἐστι, καὶ μέλη ἔχει πολλά, πάντα δὲ τὰ μέλη τοῦ σώματος τοῦ ἑνός, πολλὰ ὄντα, ἕν ἐστι σῶμα· οὕτω καὶ ὁ Χριστός.

SCR1894

καθαπερ γαρ το σωμα εν εστιν και μελη εχει πολλα παντα δε τα μελη του σωματος του ενος πολλα οντα εν εστιν σωμα ουτως και ο χριστος

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• Romans 12:4–5Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function, so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.
• Colossians 3:15Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, for to this you were called as members of one body. And be thankful.
• 1 Corinthians 12:27Now you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a member of it.
• Ephesians 4:15–16Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head. From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in…
• Colossians 2:19He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.
• Ephesians 5:30For we are members of His body.
• 1 Corinthians 10:17Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.
• Ephesians 4:4There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;
• Galatians 3:16The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.
• Ephesians 5:23For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.
• Ephesians 4:12to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,
• Colossians 1:18And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.
• Colossians 1:24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.
• Ephesians 1:23which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

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