Romans 12:4
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:
5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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:
- DARBY
- For, as in one body we have many members, but all the members have not the same office;
- BLB
- For just as in one body we have many members, and not all the members have the same function,
- ÅB
- For slik som vi har mange lemmer på én kropp, men ikke alle lemmene har samme oppgave,
- OTB
- Akkurat som vi har mange lemmer på ett legeme, og disse lemmene ikke alle har samme funksjon,
- B1930
- For likesom vi har mange lemmer på ett legeme, men ikke alle lemmene har samme gjerning,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 12:27
Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
Read in context1 Corinthians 12:12–14
For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
Read in contextEphesians 4:15–16
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
Read in context1 Corinthians 12:4
Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
Read in contextEphesians 4:4
There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
Read in context