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1 Corinthians 12:13

Fellowship and the churchBaptismThe Holy SpiritIdentity and self-worth

11 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, who apportions them to each one as He determines.

12 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.

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.

14 For the body does not consist of one part, but of many.

15 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.

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BSB
For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.
KJV
For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
WEB
For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all given to drink into one Spirit.
ASV
For in one Spirit were we all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all made to drink of one Spirit.
DARBY
For also in [the power of] one Spirit *we* have all been baptised into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bondmen or free, and have all been given to drink of one Spirit.
BLB
For also in one Spirit we all were baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.
ÅB
for vi er jo alle døpt med én Ånd til å være ett legeme, enten vi er jøder eller grekere, enten vi er slaver eller frie; og vi har alle fått én Ånd å drikke.
OTB
For ved én Ånd ble vi alle døpt til én kropp, enten jøder eller grekere, enten slaver eller frie, og vi ble alle gjort til å få del i én Ånd.
B1930
for vi er jo alle døpt med én Ånd til å være ett legeme, enten vi er jøder eller grekere, enten vi er træler eller frie; og vi har alle fått én Ånd å drikke.

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Cross references

  • Ephesians 4:5

    one Lord, one faith, one baptism;

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  • Colossians 3:11

    Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.

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  • Galatians 3:28

    There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

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  • John 7:37–39

    On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.

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  • Romans 6:3–6

    Or aren’t you aware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?

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  • 1 Peter 3:21

    And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

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  • Acts 1:5

    For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

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  • Ephesians 2:11–22

    Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)—

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