Parallel Verses
Daniel Mace New Testament
For as the body is one, tho' it has many members, and all the members of that one body, tho' many, are one body: so also is the body of Christ.
New American Standard Bible
For even
King James Version
For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
Holman Bible
For as the body is one
International Standard Version
For just as the body is one and yet has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though many, form a single body, so it is with the Messiah.
A Conservative Version
For just as the body is one and has many parts, and all the parts of the body, being many, are one body, so also is the Christ.
American Standard Version
For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.
Amplified
For just as the body is one and yet has many parts, and all the parts, though many, form [only] one body, so
An Understandable Version
For [just] as the human body is one [unit], made up of many parts, and all the many parts make up a single body, so it is with Christ. [Note: Just as a human body is a single unit, and Christ is a single being, so the members of His body, the church, constitute one body. See verses 27-28].
Anderson New Testament
For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body, so also is the Christ.
Bible in Basic English
For as the body is one, and has a number of parts, and all the parts make one body, so is Christ.
Common New Testament
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so it is with Christ.
Darby Translation
For even as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of the body, being many, are one body, so also is the Christ.
Goodspeed New Testament
For just as the body is one and yet has many parts, and all the parts of the body, many as they are, form one body, so it is with Christ.
John Wesley New Testament
For as the body is one, and yet hath many members, but all the members of the body, many as they are, are one body, so is Christ.
Julia Smith Translation
For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the one body, being many, is one body: so also is Christ.
King James 2000
For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For just as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of the body, [although they] are many, are one body, thus also Christ.
Modern King James verseion
For as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of one body though they be many, yet are but one body: even so is Christ.
Moffatt New Testament
As the human body is one and has many members, all the members of the body forming one body for all their number, so is it with Christ.
Montgomery New Testament
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, although they be many, are one body; so also is Christ.
NET Bible
For just as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body -- though many -- are one body, so too is Christ.
New Heart English Bible
For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.
Noyes New Testament
For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body, so it is with Christ.
Sawyer New Testament
For as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body being many are one body, so also is Christ;
The Emphasized Bible
For, just as, the body, is one, and yet hath many members, but, all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so, also, the Christ; -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For as the body is one, and hath many members, but all the members of that one body, though many, are one body: so also is Christ.
Twentieth Century New Testament
For just as the human body is one whole, and yet has many parts, and all its parts, many though they are, form but one body, so it is with the Christ;
Webster
For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
Weymouth New Testament
For just as the human body is one and yet has many parts, and all its parts, many as they are, constitute but one body, so it is with the Church of Christ.
Williams New Testament
For just as the human body is one and yet has many parts, and all the parts of the body, many as they are, constitute but one body, so it is with Christ.
World English Bible
For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.
Worrell New Testament
For, as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is the Christ;
Worsley New Testament
For as the body is one, and hath many members; but all the parts of this one body, though many, are but one body:
Youngs Literal Translation
For, even as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the one body, being many, are one body, so also is the Christ,
Themes
Gentiles/heathen » Gentiles and jews being equal in Christ
Israel/jews » Jews and gentiles being equal in Christ
Selfishness » Inconsistent with communion of saints
Topics
Interlinear
heis
εἷς
heis
Usage: 188
δέ
De
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184
Polus
πολύς πολλός
Polus
Usage: 292
References
Word Count of 36 Translations in 1 Corinthians 12:12
Prayers for 1 Corinthians 12:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Unity In The Midst Of Diversity
11 but all are wrought by one and the same spirit, distributing to every one in particular, as he thinks fit. 12 For as the body is one, tho' it has many members, and all the members of that one body, tho' many, are one body: so also is the body of Christ. 13 for by one spirit we have all been baptized, to be form'd into one body, whether Jews or Gentiles, slaves or free; and have been all made to drink of one spirit.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 12:27
Thus you are the body of Christ, being the particular members of it.
1 Corinthians 10:17
for the bread being one, as many as we are, we are one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
Ephesians 4:4
Being one body, acted by one spirit, since you all have but one expectation in view;
Ephesians 4:12
thus fitly qualifying his servants for their respective offices, in order to build up the body of Christ:
Romans 12:4-5
for as there are many members in one and the same body, but all the members have not the same office:
Ephesians 4:15-16
but being sincere in mutual love, may be entirely united to Christ, who is the head:
Ephesians 5:23
for the husband presides over his wife, as Christ presides over the church: and he it is that preserves the whole body.
Ephesians 5:30
of which we are the several parts constituting his body.
Colossians 1:18
he himself is the head of the church, which is his body. he is the prince, the first-born from the dead, that in all things he might be chief.
Colossians 1:24
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and am filling up the measure of those remaining afflictions, which in my turn I am to suffer in this life, in the cause of Christ, for the sake of his body, which is the church:
Colossians 2:19
not adhering to the head, from which all the parts of the body derive its nutrition, and being firmly united together by its joints and ligaments, receives a divine increase.
Colossians 3:15
may the peace of Christ, to which you are called to be but one body, influence your hearts, to be benevolent.
Galatians 3:16
now to Abraham and his offspring were the promises made. he does not say, "to offsprings," as if he spoke of many; but as speaking of one, "and to thy offspring," which means Christ.
Ephesians 1:23
which is his body, a work compleatly finished in all its parts.