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The Greater Gifts

1 Corinthians 12:27

In 9 translations

BSB
Now you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a member of it.
KJV
Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
WEB
Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.
ASV
Now ye are the body of Christ, and severally members thereof.
LSV
and you are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
YLT
and ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
DBY
Now ye are Christ's body, and members in particular.
DRC
Now you are the body of Christ, and members of member.
GNV
Now ye are the body of Christ, and members for your part.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Ὑμεῖς δέ ἐστε σῶμα Χριστοῦ καὶ μέλη ἐκ μέρους.
RP2018
Ὑμεῖς δέ ἐστε σῶμα χριστοῦ, καὶ μέλη ἐκ μέρους.
TR-Boyd
Ὑμεῖς δέ ἐστε σῶμα Χριστοῦ, καὶ μέλη ἐκ μέρους.
SCR1894
υμεις δε εστε σωμα χριστου και μελη εκ μερους

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Ephesians 4:12to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,
  • Ephesians 5:30For we are members of His body.
  • 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.
  • Romans 12:5so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.
  • 1 Corinthians 12:12The 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.
  • 1 Corinthians 12:14–20For the body does not consist of one part, but of many. If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. And if the ear should say,…
  • 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 1:23which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
  • 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.

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