1 Corinthians 12:12 KJV — MannaFest

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.

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ASV

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.

WEB

The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.

YLT

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,

DBT

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.

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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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Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Romans 12:4–5
For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:
John 17:21
That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
Colossians 3:15
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
John 15:5
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

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): As the body is one, and hath many members, and all members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ; that is, Christ mystical, as divines commonly speak.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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

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