1 Corinthians 12:20 KJV — MannaFest

1 Corinthians 12:20

But now are they many members, yet but one body.

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ASV

But now they are many members, but one body.

WEB

As it is, there are many parts, but one body.

YLT

and now, indeed, are many members, and one body;

DBT

But now the members [are] many, and the body one.

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1 Corinthians — A pastoral letter answering a long list of questions and problems — unity, ethics, worship, and the resurrection — written to a gifted but divided church.

Author: Paul, with Sosthenes (1:1)
Date: c. AD 55, from Ephesus

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Romans 12:5
So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
Ephesians 4:4
There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
1 Corinthians 12:14
For the body is not one member, but many.
1 Corinthians 12:12
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.
Exodus 36:10
And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another.

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Exodus 36:13

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He tells us that the church is the body of Christ, and the members are variously gifted for the benefit of the whole body, and each particular member,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

One member of a body is not a body; this is made up of many; and among these many there must be a distinction, difference of situation, shape, use, &c. So it is in the body of Christ; its members must have different uses, and therefore have different powers, and be in different places, some having one gift, and others a different one.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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