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Bishop's Bible

1 Corinthians 12:20

Nowe are there many members, yet but one body.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Righteous;   Scofield Reference Index - Church;   The Topic Concordance - Body;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Saints, Compared to;   Selfishness;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Church;   Gifts of the spirit;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Body;   Body of Christ;   Church, the;   Worship;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Holy Ghost;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Body;   Body of Christ;   Church;   Humanity;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Brotherly Love;   Inspiration;   Spiritual Gifts;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Character;   Dependence;   Gifts;   Good;   Unity (2);   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Fruit;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Member;   Redeemer;  

Devotionals:

- Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life - Devotion for January 27;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
King James Version (1611)
But now are they many members, yet but one body.
King James Version
But now are they many members, yet but one body.
English Standard Version
As it is, there are many parts, yet one body.
New American Standard Bible
But now there are many parts, but one body.
New Century Version
So then there are many parts, but only one body.
Amplified Bible
But now [as things really are] there are many parts [different limbs and organs], but a single body.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But now there are many members, but one body.
Legacy Standard Bible
But now there are many members, but one body.
Berean Standard Bible
As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
Contemporary English Version
It takes many parts to make a single body.
Complete Jewish Bible
But as it is, there are indeed many parts, yet just one body.
Darby Translation
But now the members [are] many, and the body one.
Easy-to-Read Version
So there are many parts, but only one body.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But now are there many members, yet but one body.
George Lamsa Translation
But now they are many members, yet but one body.
Good News Translation
As it is, there are many parts but one body.
Lexham English Bible
But now there are many members, but one body.
Literal Translation
But now, indeed, many are the members, but one body.
American Standard Version
But now they are many members, but one body.
Bible in Basic English
But now they are all different parts, but one body.
Hebrew Names Version
But now they are many members, but one body.
International Standard Version
So there are many parts, but one body.
Etheridge Translation
But now the members are many, but the body one.
Murdock Translation
But now they are many members, yet but one body.
English Revised Version
But now they are many members, but one body.
World English Bible
But now they are many members, but one body.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Whereas now there are indeed many members, yet but one body.
Weymouth's New Testament
But, as a matter of fact, there are many parts and but one body.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But now ther ben many membris, but o bodi.
Update Bible Version
But now there are many members, but one body.
Webster's Bible Translation
But now [are they] many members, yet but one body.
New English Translation
So now there are many members, but one body.
New King James Version
But now indeed there are many members, yet one body.
New Living Translation
Yes, there are many parts, but only one body.
New Life Bible
But now there are many parts, but one body.
New Revised Standard
As it is, there are many members, yet one body.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, however there are many members, yet one body;
Douay-Rheims Bible
But now there are many members indeed, yet one body.
Revised Standard Version
As it is, there are many parts, yet one body.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Now are ther many membres yet but one body.
Young's Literal Translation
and now, indeed, [are] many members, and one body;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But now are the membres many, yet is the body but one.
Mace New Testament (1729)
thus, tho' there are many members, yet there is but one body.
Simplified Cowboy Version
There are many different parts in the church, but only one body.

Contextual Overview

12 For as the body is one, & hath many members, and all the members of one body, though they be many, [yet] are [but] one body: euen so is Christe. 13 For by one spirite, are we all baptized into one body, whether [we be] Iewes or gentiles, whether [we be] bonde or free: and haue all drunke of one spirite. 14 For the body is not one member, but many. 15 If the foote woulde say, because I am not the hande, I am not of the body: is it therfore not of the body? 16 And yf the eare woulde say, because I am not the eye, I am not of the body: is it therfore not of the body? 17 If all the body [were] an eye, where were then the hearyng? If all [were] hearyng, where were the smellyng? 18 But nowe hath God set ye members, euery one seuerally in the body, as it hath pleased hym. 19 For yf they were all one member, where were the body? 20 Nowe are there many members, yet but one body. 21 And the eye can not say vnto ye hande, I haue no neede of thee: Nor, the head agayne to the feete, I haue no neede of you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Exodus 36:10 - General Exodus 36:13 - so it became Romans 12:5 - General Ephesians 4:4 - one body

Cross-References

Genesis 12:6
Abram passed through the lande, vnto the place of Sichem, vnto the plaine of Moreh. And the Chanaanite [was] then in the lande.
Genesis 12:11
And when he was come neare to enter into Egypt, he sayde vnto Sarai his wife: beholde, I knowe that thou art a fayre woman to loke vpon:
Genesis 12:14
And so when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians behelde the woman, for she was very fayre.
Genesis 12:15
The princes also of Pharao sawe her, and comended her before Pharao, and the woman was taken into Pharaos house.
Exodus 18:27
And Moyses let his father in lawe depart: and he went into his owne lande.
Proverbs 21:1
The kynges heart is in the hand of the Lord, lyke as are the riuers of water, he maye turne it whyther soeuer he wyll.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But now are they many members,.... Of different make and shape, in different parts and places, and of different use and service:

yet but one body; all are united together, and make up one complete body, and which without each of them would not be perfect: so there are many members in the body of Christ, the church; some are teachers, others are hearers; some give, and others receive; but all make up but one church, of which Christ is the head; nor can anyone of them be spared; was anyone wanting, even the meanest, there would be a deficiency, and the church would not be the fulness of him that filleth all in all.


 
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