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Wycliffe Bible

1 Corinthians 12:20

But now ther ben many membris, but o bodi.

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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Nowe are there 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.
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 ther is o body, and hath many membris, and alle the membris of the bodi whanne tho ben manye, ben o bodi, so also Crist. 13 For in o spirit alle we ben baptisid `in to o bodi, ether Jewis, ether hethene, ether seruauntis, ether free; and alle we ben fillid with drink in o spirit. 14 For the bodi is not o membre, but manye. 15 If the foot seith, For Y am not the hoond, Y am not of the bodi; not therfor it is not of the bodi. 16 And if the ere seith, For Y am not the iye, Y am not of the bodi; not therfor it is not of the bodi. 17 If al the bodi is the iye, where is heryng? and if al the bodi is heryng, where is smellyng? 18 But now God hath set membris, and ech of hem in the bodi, as he wolde. 19 That if alle weren o membre, where were the bodi? 20 But now ther ben many membris, but o bodi. 21 And the iye may not seie to the hond, Y haue no nede to thi werkis; or eft the heed to the feet, Ye ben not necessarie to me.

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 passide thorou the lond til to the place of Sichem, and til to the noble valey. Forsothe Chananei was thanne in the lond.
Genesis 12:11
And whanne he was nyy to entre in to Egipt, he seide to Saray, his wijf, Y knowe that thou art a fair womman,
Genesis 12:14
And so whanne Abram hadde entrid in to Egipt, Egipcians sien the womman that sche was ful fair; and the prynces telden to Farao, and preiseden hir anentis him;
Genesis 12:15
and the womman was takun vp in to the hous of Farao.
Exodus 18:27
And Moises lefte `his alie, which turnede ayen, and yede in to his lond.
Proverbs 21:1
As departyngis of watris, so the herte of the kyng is in the power of the Lord; whidur euer he wole, he schal bowe it.

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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