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Living Sacrifices

Romans 12:4

In 9 translations

BSB
Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function,
KJV
For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:
WEB
For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members don’t have the same function,
ASV
For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members have not the same office:
LSV
for as in one body we have many members, and all the members do not have the same office,
YLT
for as in one body we have many members, and all the members have not the same office,
DBY
For, as in one body we have many members, but all the members have not the same office;
DRC
For as in one body we have many members, but all the members have not the same office:
GNV
For as wee haue many members in one body, and all members haue not one office,

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place πολλὰ elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: πολλὰ μέλη. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read πολλὰ μέλη; Robinson–Pierpont read μέλη πολλὰ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καθάπερ γὰρ ἐν ἑνὶ σώματι πολλὰ μέλη ἔχομεν, τὰ δὲ μέλη πάντα οὐ τὴν αὐτὴν ἔχει πρᾶξιν,
RP2018
Καθάπερ γὰρ ἐν ἑνὶ σώματι μέλη πολλὰ ἔχομεν, τὰ δὲ μέλη πάντα οὐ τὴν αὐτὴν ἔχει πρᾶξιν·
TR-Boyd
Καθάπερ γὰρ ἐν ἑνὶ σώματι μέλη πολλὰ ἔχομεν, τὰ δὲ μέλη πάντα οὐ τὴν αὐτὴν ἔχει πρᾶξιν·
SCR1894
καθαπερ γαρ εν ενι σωματι μελη πολλα εχομεν τα δε μελη παντα ου την αυτην εχει πραξιν

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Corinthians 12:27Now you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a member of it.
  • 1 Corinthians 12:12–14The 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. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks,…
  • 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…
  • 1 Corinthians 12:4There are different gifts, but the same Spirit.
  • Ephesians 4:4There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;

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