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Living Sacrifices

Romans 12:5

In 9 translations

BSB
so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.
KJV
So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
WEB
so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another,
ASV
so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and severally members one of another.
LSV
so we, the many, are one body in Christ, and members of one another—each one.
YLT
so we, the many, one body are in Christ, and members each one of one another.
DBY
thus we, [being] many, are one body in Christ, and each one members one of the other.
DRC
So we being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
GNV
So we being many are one body in Christ, and euery one, one anothers members.

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read τὸ (“the”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ὁ (“the”).
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  • SBLGNT: τὸ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read τὸ; Robinson–Pierpont read ὁ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
οὕτως οἱ πολλοὶ ἓν σῶμά ἐσμεν ἐν Χριστῷ, τὸ δὲ καθʼ εἷς ἀλλήλων μέλη.
RP2018
οὕτως οἱ πολλοὶ ἓν σῶμά ἐσμεν ἐν χριστῷ, ὁ δὲ καθ’ εἷς ἀλλήλων μέλη.
TR-Boyd
οὕτως οἱ πολλοὶ ἓν σῶμά ἐσμεν ἐν Χριστῷ, ὁ δὲ καθ᾿ εἷς ἀλλήλων μέλη.
SCR1894
ουτως οι πολλοι εν σωμα εσμεν εν χριστω ο δε καθ εις αλληλων μελη

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Corinthians 12:20As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
  • 1 Corinthians 12:27–28Now you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a member of it. And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, and those with gifts of healing,…
  • Ephesians 4:25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
  • 1 Corinthians 10:17Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.
  • Ephesians 5:30For we are members of His body.
  • 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.
  • 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,…
  • 1 Corinthians 10:33as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.
  • 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 12:4Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function,
  • Ephesians 1:23which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
  • 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.

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