1 Corinthians 12:14
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.
13 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.
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.
16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For the body does not consist of one part, but of many.
- KJV
- For the body is not one member, but many.
- WEB
- For the body is not one member, but many.
- ASV
- For the body is not one member, but many.
- DARBY
- For also the body is not one member but many.
- BLB
- For also the body is not one member, but many.
- ÅB
- For legemet er jo heller ikke ett lem, men mange.
- OTB
- For kroppen består ikke av én del, men av mange.
- B1930
- For legemet er jo heller ikke ett lem, men mange.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 12:27–28
Now you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a member of it.
Read in context1 Corinthians 12:12
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.
Read in contextEphesians 4:25
Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
Read in context1 Corinthians 12:19
If they were all one part, where would the body be?
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