1 Corinthians 12:27

Amplified Bible

Now you [collectively] are Christ's body, and individually [you are] members of it [each with his own special purpose and function].

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
All of you together are the body of Christ. Each one of you is a part of that body.

Revised Standard Version
Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Ye are the body of Christ and members one of another.

Hebrew Names Version
Now you are the body of Messiah, and members individually.

International Standard Version
Now you are Christ's body and individual parts of it.Romans 12:5; Ephesians 1:23; 4:12; Colossians 1:24;">[xr]

New American Standard Bible
Now you are Christ's body, and individually parts of it.

New Century Version
Together you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of that body.

Update Bible Version
Now you are the body of Christ, and severally members thereof.

Webster's Bible Translation
Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

English Standard Version
Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.

World English Bible
Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in part.

Weymouth's New Testament
As for you, you are the body of Christ, and individually you are members of it.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And ye ben the bodi of Crist, and membris of membre.

English Revised Version
Now ye are the body of Christ, and severally members thereof.

Berean Standard Bible
Now you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a member of it.

Contemporary English Version
Together you are the body of Christ. Each one of you is part of his body.

American Standard Version
Now ye are the body of Christ, and severally members thereof.

Bible in Basic English
Now you are the body of Christ, and every one of you the separate parts of it.

Complete Jewish Bible
Now you together constitute the body of the Messiah, and individually you are parts of it.

Darby Translation
Now *ye* are Christ's body, and members in particular.

Etheridge Translation
But you are the body of the Meshiha, and members in your place.

Murdock Translation
Now ye are the body of Messiah, and members in your place.

King James Version (1611)
Now yee are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

New Living Translation
All of you together are Christ's body, and each of you is a part of it.

New Life Bible
You are all a part of the body of Christ.

New Revised Standard
Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Now ye are the body of Christ, and members for your part.

George Lamsa Translation
Now you are the body of Christ, and members in your respective places.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, ye, are the body of Christ, and members severally; -

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now you are the body of Christ and members of member.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Ye are the body of Christe, and members one of another.

Good News Translation
All of you are Christ's body, and each one is a part of it.

Christian Standard Bible®
Now you are the body of Christ, and individual members of it.

King James Version
Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

Lexham English Bible
Now you are the body of Christ, and members of it individually,

Literal Translation
And you are Christ's body, and members in part.

Young's Literal Translation
and ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But ye are the body of Christ, and membres, euery one of another.

Mace New Testament (1729)
Thus you are the body of Christ, being the particular members of it.

THE MESSAGE
You are Christ's body—that's who you are! You must never forget this. Only as you accept your part of that body does your "part" mean anything. You're familiar with some of the parts that God has formed in his church, which is his "body": apostles prophets teachers miracle workers healers helpers organizers those who pray in tongues. But it's obvious by now, isn't it, that Christ's church is a complete Body and not a gigantic, unidimensional Part? It's not all Apostle, not all Prophet, not all Miracle Worker, not all Healer, not all Prayer in Tongues, not all Interpreter of Tongues. And yet some of you keep competing for so-called "important" parts. But now I want to lay out a far better way for you.

New English Translation
Now you are Christ's body, and each of you is a member of it.

New King James Version
Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.

Simplified Cowboy Version
All of you are part of the body of Christ. Each and every one of you serves a great part of that body.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now you are Christ's body, and individually members of it.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now you are Christ's body, and individually members of it.

Contextual Overview

²⁷Now you [collectively] are Christ's body, and individually [you are] members of it [each with his own special purpose and function].²⁸So God has appointed and placed in the church [for His own use]: first apostles [chosen by Christ], second prophets [those who foretell the future, those who speak a new message from God to the people], third teachers, then those who work miracles, then those with the gifts of healings, the helpers, the administrators, and speakers in various kinds of [unknown] tongues. ²⁹Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles? ³⁰Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret? ³¹But earnestly desire and strive for the greater gifts [if acquiring them is going to be your goal]. And yet I will show you a still more excellent way [one of the choicest graces and the highest of them all: unselfish love].

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Corinthians 12:12, 1 Corinthians 12:14-20, Romans 12:5, Ephesians 1:23, Ephesians 4:12, Ephesians 5:23, Ephesians 5:30, Colossians 1:24

Reciprocal: Exodus 36:10 - General John 13:34 - That ye love John 15:5 - vine Acts 22:8 - whom Romans 12:4 - General 1 Corinthians 1:30 - in 1 Corinthians 6:15 - your 1 Corinthians 10:17 - we being Galatians 3:16 - which Ephesians 3:6 - the same

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now ye are the body of Christ,.... Not his natural body, which his Father prepared for him, in which he bore our sins on the tree, and which was offered up once for all; nor his sacramental body, or the bread in the supper, which is a representation of his body; but his body mystical, the church; not that the Corinthians were the whole of the body, only a part of it, as every single congregational church is of the church universal. This is an accommodation of the simile the apostle had to so much advantage enlarged upon:

and members in particular; or in part: meaning either that they as single members were part of the general body: or that only a part of them were so, there being some among them, as in all particular and visible churches, who had not the true grace of God; and so are neither members of Christ, nor of the general assembly and church of the firstborn: or the sense is, that they were not only members of Christ, and of his body, but were particularly members one of another, in strict union and close communion, and of mutual use and service to each other.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Now ye - Ye Christians of Corinth, as a part of the whole church that has been redeemed.

Are the body of Christ - The allusion to the human body is here kept up. As all the members of the human body compose one body, having a common head, so it is with all the members and parts of the Christian church. The specific idea is, that Christ is the Head of the whole church; that he presides over all; and that all its members sustain to each other the relation of fellow-members in the same body, and are subject to the same head; compare the note at 1 Corinthians 11:3. The church is often called the body of Christ; Ephesians 1:23; Colossians 1:18, Colossians 1:24.

And members in particular - You are, as individuals, members of the body of Christ; or each individual is a member of that body.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 27. Now ye are the body of Christ — The apostle, having finished his apologue, comes to his application.

As the members in the human body, so the different members of the mystical body of Christ. All are intended by him to have the same relation to each other; to be mutually subservient to each other; to mourn for and rejoice with each other. He has also made each necessary to the beauty, proportion, strength, and perfection of the whole. Not one is useless; not one unnecessary. Paul, Apollos, Kephas, &c., with all their variety of gifts and graces, are for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, Ephesians 4:12. Hence no teacher should be exalted above or opposed to an other. As the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee, so luminous Apollos cannot say to laborious Paul, I can build up and preserve the Church without thee. The foot planted on the ground to support the whole fabric, and the hands that swing at liberty, and the eye that is continually taking in near and distant prospects, are all equally serviceable to the whole, and mutually helpful to and dependent on each other. So also are the different ministers and members of the Church of Christ.

From a general acquaintance with various ministers of Christ, and a knowledge of their different talents and endowments manifested either by their preaching or writings, and with the aid of a little fancy, we could here make out a sort of correspondency between their services and the uses of the different members of the human body. We could call one eye, because of his acute observation of men and things, and penetration into cases of conscience and Divine mysteries. Another hand, from his laborious exertions in the Church. Another foot, from his industrious travels to spread abroad the knowledge of Christ crucified: and so of others. But this does not appear to be any part of the apostle's plan.