Romans 12:5
3 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.
4 Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function,
so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.
6 We have different gifts according to the grace given us. If one’s gift is prophecy, let him use it in proportion to his faith;
7 if it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach;
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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.
- DARBY
- thus we, [being] many, are one body in Christ, and each one members one of the other.
- BLB
- so we, the many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
- ÅB
- slik er vi mange én kropp i Kristus, men hver for oss er vi hverandres lemmer.
- OTB
- på samme måte er vi forenet i Kristus som ett legeme, og hvert medlem er knyttet til alle de andre.
- B1930
- således er vi mange ett legeme i Kristus, men hver for sig er vi hverandres lemmer.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 12:20
As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
Read in context1 Corinthians 12:27–28
Now you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a member of it.
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 10:17
Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.
Read in contextEphesians 5:30
For we are members of His body.
Read in contextColossians 2:19
He 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.
Read in context1 Corinthians 10:33
as 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.
Read in context1 Corinthians 12:12–14
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.
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