1 Corinthians 12:18

Tyndale New Testament

But now hath god disposed the membres every one of them in the body at his awne pleasure.

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But nowe hath God disposed the members euery one of them in the bodie at his owne pleasure.

Christian Standard Bible®
But as it is, God has arranged each one of the parts in the body just as he wanted.

Hebrew Names Version
But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body, just as he desired.

Darby Translation
But now God has set the members, each one of them in the body, according as it has pleased [him].

Easy-to-Read Version
If each part of the body were the same part, there would be no body. But as it is, God put the parts in the body as he wanted them. He made a place for each one.

Amplified Bible
But 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].

American Standard Version
But now hath God set the members each one of them in the body, even as it pleased him.

Berean Standard Bible
But in fact, God has arranged the members of the body, every one of them, according to His design.

Contemporary English Version
But God has put all parts of our body together in the way that he decided is best.

Complete Jewish Bible
But as it is, God arranged each of the parts in the body exactly as he wanted them.

International Standard Version
But at this very time God has arranged the parts, every one of them, in the body just as he wanted to.Romans 12:3; 1 Corinthians 3:5,11; 12:28;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
But now hath Aloha set all the members severally in the body as he willed.

Murdock Translation
But now hath God placed every one of the members in the body, according to his pleasure.

King James Version (1611)
But now hath God set the members, euery one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But nowe hath God set ye members, euery one seuerally in the body, as it hath pleased hym.

English Revised Version
But now hath God set the members each one of them in the body, even as it pleased him.

King James Version
But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.

Lexham English Bible
But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body just as he wanted.

Literal Translation
But now God set the members, each one of them, in the body, even as He desired.

New Century Version
If each part of the body were the same part, there would be no body. But truly God put all the parts, each one of them, in the body as he wanted them.

New English Translation
But as a matter of fact, God has placed each of the members in the body just as he decided.

New King James Version
But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased.

New Living Translation
But our bodies have many parts, and God has put each part just where he wants it.

New Revised Standard
But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, now, hath God set the members, each one of them in the body, even as he pleased.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But now God hath set the members, every one of them, in the body as it hath pleased him.

George Lamsa Translation
But now God has set every member in the body, as it has pleased him.

Good News Translation
As it is, however, God put every different part in the body just as he wanted it to be.

World English Bible
But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body, just as he desired.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But now hath God set the members, every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.

Weymouth's New Testament
But, as a matter of fact, God has arranged the parts in the body--every one of them--as He has seen fit.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But now God hath set membris, and ech of hem in the bodi, as he wolde.

Webster's Bible Translation
But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.

Revised Standard Version
But as it is, God arranged the organs in the body, each one of them, as he chose.

Update Bible Version
But now God has set the members each one of them in the body, even as it pleased him.

Young's Literal Translation
and now, God did set the members each one of them in the body, according as He willed,

Bible in Basic English
But now God has put every one of the parts in the body as it was pleasing to him.

New American Standard Bible
But now God has arranged the parts, each one of them in the body, just as He desired.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But now hath God set the membres, euery one seuerally in the body, as it hath pleased him.

Mace New Testament (1729)
now God disposed every one of the members in the body as he thought fit.

New Life Bible
But God has put all the parts into the body just as He wants to have them.

Simplified Cowboy Version
I'm going on and on so you will understand that the church, or the Body of Christ, is made up of vastly different parts, doing vastly different things, but all for the same Lord.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body, just as He desired.

Legacy Standard Bible
But now God has appointed the members, each one of them, in the body, just as He desired.

Contextual Overview

¹² For as the body is one and hath many mebres and all the membres of one body though they be many yet are but one body: even so is Christ. ¹³ For in one sprete are we all baptysed to make one body whether we be Iewes or getyls whether we be bonde or fre: and have all dronke of one sprete. ¹⁴ For the body is not one member but many. ¹⁵ Yf the fote saye: I am not the honde therfore I am not of the body: is he therfore not of ye body: ¹⁶ And if ye eare saye I am not the eye: therfore I am not of the body: is he therfore not of the body? ¹⁷ If all the body were an eye where were then the eare? If all were hearynge: where were the smellynge? ¹⁸ But now hath god disposed the membres every one of them in the body at his awne pleasure. ¹⁹ If they were all one member: where were the body? ²⁰ Now are ther many membres yet but one body. ²¹ And the eye can not saye vnto the honde I have no nede of the: nor ye heed also to the fete. I have no nede of you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

hath: 1 Corinthians 12:24, 1 Corinthians 12:28

as it: 1 Corinthians 12:11, 1 Corinthians 3:5, 1 Corinthians 15:38, Psalms 110:3, Psalms 135:6, Isaiah 46:10, Jonah 1:14, Luke 10:21, Luke 12:32, Romans 12:3, Ephesians 1:5, Ephesians 1:9, Revelation 4:11

Reciprocal: Ecclesiastes 4:9 - are Matthew 6:27 - by 1 Corinthians 1:30 - in

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But now hath God set the members,.... The members of a natural body, as they are all made and fashioned by God in the form they be, so they are each of them set by him in the place they are:

everyone of them in the body as it hath pleased him; according to his sovereign will, without consulting any; and each stands in the best situation and position they could be put, and for the greatest service and usefulness to the whole: so God, and not man, hath set every member in the mystical body, the church, in such a place and part of it, as he himself thought fit; some in a higher, others in a lower station, but all for the good of the body; and therefore each member ought to be content with his place, gift, and usefulness, be they what they will; since it is the wise counsel and sovereign pleasure of God, who works all things after the counsel of his own will, that so it should be.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hath God set the members ... - God has formed the body, with its various members, as he saw would best conduce to the harmony and usefulness of all.