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1 Corinthians 12:20

But now [as things really are] there are many parts [different limbs and organs], but a single body.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Righteous;   Scofield Reference Index - Church;   The Topic Concordance - Body;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Saints, Compared to;   Selfishness;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Church;   Gifts of the spirit;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Body;   Body of Christ;   Church, the;   Worship;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Holy Ghost;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Body;   Body of Christ;   Church;   Humanity;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Brotherly Love;   Inspiration;   Spiritual Gifts;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Character;   Dependence;   Gifts;   Good;   Unity (2);   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Fruit;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Member;   Redeemer;  

Devotionals:

- Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life - Devotion for January 27;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
So there are many parts, but only one body.
Revised Standard Version
As it is, there are many parts, yet one body.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Now are ther many membres yet but one body.
Hebrew Names Version
But now they are many members, but one body.
International Standard Version
So there are many parts, but one body.
New American Standard Bible
But now there are many parts, but one body.
New Century Version
So then there are many parts, but only one body.
Update Bible Version
But now there are many members, but one body.
Webster's Bible Translation
But now [are they] many members, yet but one body.
English Standard Version
As it is, there are many parts, yet one body.
World English Bible
But now they are many members, but one body.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Whereas now there are indeed many members, yet but one body.
Weymouth's New Testament
But, as a matter of fact, there are many parts and but one body.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But now ther ben many membris, but o bodi.
English Revised Version
But now they are many members, but one body.
Berean Standard Bible
As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
Contemporary English Version
It takes many parts to make a single body.
American Standard Version
But now they are many members, but one body.
Bible in Basic English
But now they are all different parts, but one body.
Complete Jewish Bible
But as it is, there are indeed many parts, yet just one body.
Darby Translation
But now the members [are] many, and the body one.
Etheridge Translation
But now the members are many, but the body one.
Murdock Translation
But now they are many members, yet but one body.
King James Version (1611)
But now are they many members, yet but one body.
New Living Translation
Yes, there are many parts, but only one body.
New Life Bible
But now there are many parts, but one body.
New Revised Standard
As it is, there are many members, yet one body.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But now are there many members, yet but one body.
George Lamsa Translation
But now they are many members, yet but one body.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, however there are many members, yet one body;
Douay-Rheims Bible
But now there are many members indeed, yet one body.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Nowe are there many members, yet but one body.
Good News Translation
As it is, there are many parts but one body.
Christian Standard Bible®
As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
King James Version
But now are they many members, yet but one body.
Lexham English Bible
But now there are many members, but one body.
Literal Translation
But now, indeed, many are the members, but one body.
Young's Literal Translation
and now, indeed, [are] many members, and one body;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But now are the membres many, yet is the body but one.
Mace New Testament (1729)
thus, tho' there are many members, yet there is but one body.
New English Translation
So now there are many members, but one body.
New King James Version
But now indeed there are many members, yet one body.
Simplified Cowboy Version
There are many different parts in the church, but only one body.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But now there are many members, but one body.
Legacy Standard Bible
But now there are many members, but one body.

Contextual Overview

12For just as the body is one and yet has many parts, and all the parts, though many, form [only] one body, so it is with Christ. 13For by one [Holy] Spirit we were all baptized into one body, [spiritually transformed—united together] whether Jews or Greeks (Gentiles), slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one [Holy] Spirit [since the same Holy Spirit fills each life]. 14For the [human] body does not consist of one part, but of many [limbs and organs]. 15If the foot says, "Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body," is it not on the contrary still a part of the body? 16If the ear says, "Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body," is it not on the contrary still a part of the body? 17If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole [body] were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? 18But now [as things really are], God has placed and arranged the parts in the body, each one of them, just as He willed and saw fit [with the best balance of function]. 19If they all were a single organ, where would [the rest of] the body be? 20But now [as things really are] there are many parts [different limbs and organs], but a single body.21The eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you," nor again the head to the feet, "I have no need of you."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Exodus 36:10 - General Exodus 36:13 - so it became Romans 12:5 - General Ephesians 4:4 - one body

Cross-References

Genesis 12:6
Abram passed through the land as far as the site of Shechem, to the [great] terebinth (oak) tree of Moreh. Now the Canaanites were in the land at that time.
Genesis 12:11
And when he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, "Listen: I know that you are a beautiful woman;
Genesis 12:14
And when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was very beautiful.
Genesis 12:15
Pharaoh's princes (officials) also saw her and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken [for the purpose of marriage] into Pharaoh's house (harem).
Exodus 18:27
Then Moses said goodbye to his father-in-law, and Jethro went back to his own land (Midian).
Proverbs 21:1
The king's heart is like channels of water in the hand of the LORD; He turns it whichever way He wishes.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But now are they many members,.... Of different make and shape, in different parts and places, and of different use and service:

yet but one body; all are united together, and make up one complete body, and which without each of them would not be perfect: so there are many members in the body of Christ, the church; some are teachers, others are hearers; some give, and others receive; but all make up but one church, of which Christ is the head; nor can anyone of them be spared; was anyone wanting, even the meanest, there would be a deficiency, and the church would not be the fulness of him that filleth all in all.


 
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