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Tyndale New Testament
1 Corinthians 12:19
If they were all one member: where were the body?
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Simplified Cowboy Version
If your body wouldn't function with just one part, how do you expect the church to function with just one part?
If your body wouldn't function with just one part, how do you expect the church to function with just one part?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
If they were all one member, where would the body be?
If they were all one member, where would the body be?
Legacy Standard Bible
And if they were all one member, where would the body be?
And if they were all one member, where would the body be?
Bible in Basic English
And if they were all one part, where would the body be?
And if they were all one part, where would the body be?
Darby Translation
But if all were one member, where the body?
But if all were one member, where the body?
Christian Standard Bible®
And if they were all the same part, where would the body be?
And if they were all the same part, where would the body be?
World English Bible
If they were all one member, where would the body be?
If they were all one member, where would the body be?
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And if all were one member, where were the body?
And if all were one member, where were the body?
Weymouth's New Testament
If they were all one part, where would the body be?
If they were all one part, where would the body be?
King James Version (1611)
And if they were all one member, where were the body?
And if they were all one member, where were the body?
Literal Translation
But if all was one member, where would the body be ?
But if all was one member, where would the body be ?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Neuertheles yf all the mebres were one membre, where were then the body?
Neuertheles yf all the mebres were one membre, where were then the body?
Mace New Testament (1729)
but if they were all one member, where would be the body?
but if they were all one member, where would be the body?
THE MESSAGE
But I also want you to think about how this keeps your significance from getting blown up into self-importance. For no matter how significant you are, it is only because of what you are a part of. An enormous eye or a gigantic hand wouldn't be a body, but a monster. What we have is one body with many parts, each its proper size and in its proper place. No part is important on its own. Can you imagine Eye telling Hand, "Get lost; I don't need you"? Or, Head telling Foot, "You're fired; your job has been phased out"? As a matter of fact, in practice it works the other way—the "lower" the part, the more basic, and therefore necessary. You can live without an eye, for instance, but not without a stomach. When it's a part of your own body you are concerned with, it makes no difference whether the part is visible or clothed, higher or lower. You give it dignity and honor just as it is, without comparisons. If anything, you have more concern for the lower parts than the higher. If you had to choose, wouldn't you prefer good digestion to full-bodied hair?
But I also want you to think about how this keeps your significance from getting blown up into self-importance. For no matter how significant you are, it is only because of what you are a part of. An enormous eye or a gigantic hand wouldn't be a body, but a monster. What we have is one body with many parts, each its proper size and in its proper place. No part is important on its own. Can you imagine Eye telling Hand, "Get lost; I don't need you"? Or, Head telling Foot, "You're fired; your job has been phased out"? As a matter of fact, in practice it works the other way—the "lower" the part, the more basic, and therefore necessary. You can live without an eye, for instance, but not without a stomach. When it's a part of your own body you are concerned with, it makes no difference whether the part is visible or clothed, higher or lower. You give it dignity and honor just as it is, without comparisons. If anything, you have more concern for the lower parts than the higher. If you had to choose, wouldn't you prefer good digestion to full-bodied hair?
Amplified Bible
If they all were a single organ, where would [the rest of] the body be?
If they all were a single organ, where would [the rest of] the body be?
American Standard Version
And if they were all one member, where were the body?
And if they were all one member, where were the body?
Revised Standard Version
If all were a single organ, where would the body be?
If all were a single organ, where would the body be?
Update Bible Version
And if there is only one member, where is the body?
And if there is only one member, where is the body?
Webster's Bible Translation
And if they were all one member, where [were] the body?
And if they were all one member, where [were] the body?
Young's Literal Translation
and if all were one member, where the body?
and if all were one member, where the body?
New English Translation
If they were all the same member, where would the body be?
If they were all the same member, where would the body be?
Berean Standard Bible
If they were all one part, where would the body be?
If they were all one part, where would the body be?
Contemporary English Version
A body isn't really a body, unless there is more than one part.
A body isn't really a body, unless there is more than one part.
Complete Jewish Bible
Now if they were all just one part, where would the body be?
Now if they were all just one part, where would the body be?
English Standard Version
If all were a single member, where would the body be?
If all were a single member, where would the body be?
Geneva Bible (1587)
For if they were all one member, where were the body?
For if they were all one member, where were the body?
George Lamsa Translation
If they were all one member, where would the body be?
If they were all one member, where would the body be?
Hebrew Names Version
If they were all one member, where would the body be?
If they were all one member, where would the body be?
International Standard Version
Now if they were all one part, where would the body be?
Now if they were all one part, where would the body be?
Etheridge Translation
But if all were one member, where would be the body ?
But if all were one member, where would be the body ?
Murdock Translation
And if they were all one member, where would be the body?
And if they were all one member, where would be the body?
New King James Version
And if they were all one member, where would the body be?
And if they were all one member, where would the body be?
New Living Translation
How strange a body would be if it had only one part!
How strange a body would be if it had only one part!
New Life Bible
If all the parts were the same, it could not be a body.
If all the parts were the same, it could not be a body.
English Revised Version
And if they were all one member, where were the body?
And if they were all one member, where were the body?
New Revised Standard
If all were a single member, where would the body be?
If all were a single member, where would the body be?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, if they all had been one member, Where had been, the body?
But, if they all had been one member, Where had been, the body?
Douay-Rheims Bible
And if they all were one member, where would be the body?
And if they all were one member, where would be the body?
King James Version
And if they were all one member, where were the body?
And if they were all one member, where were the body?
Lexham English Bible
And if they all were one member, where would the body be?
And if they all were one member, where would the body be?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For yf they were all one member, where were the body?
For yf they were all one member, where were the body?
New American Standard Bible
If they were all one part, where would the body be?
If they were all one part, where would the body be?
Good News Translation
There would not be a body if it were all only one part!
There would not be a body if it were all only one part!
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
That if alle weren o membre, where were the bodi?
That if alle weren o membre, where were the bodi?
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
1 Corinthians 12:14
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And if they were all one member,.... As all eye, or all ear, or all hand, or all foot:
where were the body? where would be the body? it would not be a body consisting of such proper and suitable members, as now it is: so if the community of the saints were either all ministers, or all hearers, c. there would be no body, consisting of different persons, to receive any benefit or usefulness from either the church of Christ would not be that uniform, useful, and consistent community it is.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And if all were one member - If there were nothing but an eye, an ear, or a limb, there would be no body The idea which this seems intended to illustrate is, that if there was not variety of talent and endowment in the church, the church could not itself exist. If, for example, there were nothing but apostles, or prophets, or teachers; if there were none but those who spoke with tongues or could interpret them, the church could not exist. A variety of talents and attainments in their proper places is as useful as are the various members of the human body.
