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1 Corinthians 12:12-26 MWT
12 For just as the body is one but consists of many members, and all the members of that body, although being many, are one body, so also is the Christ. 13 For truly by the baptism of one spirit, we were all formed into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we all drink from one spirit. 14 For the body, indeed, is not one member, but many. 15 If the foot should say: "Because I am not a hand, I am no part of the body," it is not for this reason no part of the body. 16 And if the ear should say: "Because I am not an eye, I am no part of the body," it is not for this reason no part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If it were all hearing, where would the smelling be? 18 But now God has set the members in the body, each one of them, just as he pleased. 19 If they were all one member, there could not be a body. 20 But now they are many members, yet one body. 21 The eye cannot say to the hand: "I have no need of you"; or, again, the head to the feet: "I have no need of you.” 22 But much rather is it the case that the members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary, 23 and the parts of the body which we think to be less honorable, these we treat with modesty or dress up and surround with more abundant honor, 24 whereas our more beautiful parts do not need anything. Nevertheless, God composed the body, giving honor more abundant to the part which had a lack, 25 so that there should be no division in the body, but that its members should have the same care for one another. 26 And if one member suffers, all the other members suffer with it; or if a member is glorified, all the other members rejoice with it.
1 Corinthians 12:12-26 BBE
(12) For as the body is one, and has a number of parts, and all the parts make one body, so is Christ.
(13) For through the baptism of the one Spirit we were all formed into one body, Jews or Greeks, servants or free men, and were all made full of the same Spirit.
(14) For the body is not one part, but a number of parts.
(15) If the foot says, Because I am not the hand, I am not a part of the body; it is no less a part of the body.
(16) And if the ear says, Because I am not the eye, I am not a part of the body; it is a part of the body all the same.
(17) If all the body was an eye, where would be the hearing? if all was hearing, where would be the smelling?
(18) But now God has put every one of the parts in the body as it was pleasing to him.
(19) And if they were all one part, where would the body be?
(20) But now they are all different parts, but one body.
(21) And the eye may not say to the hand, I have no need of you: or again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
(22) No, those parts which seem to be feeble are the more necessary;
(23) And to those parts of the body which seem to have less honour we give all the more honour; and to those parts of the body which are a cause of shame to us we give the greater respect;
(24) But those parts of the body which are beautiful have no need of such care: and so the body has been joined together by God in such a way as to give more honour to those parts which had need of it;
(25) So that there might be no division in the body; but all the parts might have the same care for one another.
(26) And if there is pain in one part of the body, all the parts will be feeling it; or if one part is honoured, all the parts will be glad.
1 Corinthians 12:12-26 ISV
(12) For just as the body is one and yet has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though many, form one body, so it is with Christ.
(13) For by one Spirit all of us-Jews and Greeks, slaves and free-were baptized into one body and were all privileged to drink from one Spirit.
(14) For the body does not consist of only one part, but of many.
(15) If the foot says, "Since I'm not a hand, I'm not part of the body," that does not make it any less a part of the body, does it?
(16) And if the ear says, "Since I'm not an eye, I'm not part of the body," that does not make it any less a part of the body, does it?
(17) If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?
(18) But at this very time God has arranged the parts, every one of them, in the body just as he wanted to.
(19) Now if they were all one part, where would the body be?
(20) So there are many parts, but one body.
(21) The eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you," or the head to the feet, "I don't need you."
(22) On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are in fact indispensable,
(23) and the parts of the body that we think are less honorable are treated with special honor, and we make our less attractive parts more attractive.
(24) However, our attractive parts don't need this. But God has put the body together and has given special honor to the parts that lack it,
(25) so that there might be no disharmony in the body, but that its parts should have the same concern for each other.
(26) If one part suffers, every part suffers with it. If one part is praised, every part rejoices with it.
1 Corinthians 12:12-26 CEV
(12) The body of Christ has many different parts, just as any other body does.
(13) Some of us are Jews, and others are Gentiles. Some of us are slaves, and others are free. But God's Spirit baptized each of us and made us part of the body of Christ. Now we each drink from that same Spirit.
(14) Our bodies don't have just one part. They have many parts.
(15) Suppose a foot says, "I'm not a hand, and so I'm not part of the body." Wouldn't the foot still belong to the body?
(16) Or suppose an ear says, "I'm not an eye, and so I'm not part of the body." Wouldn't the ear still belong to the body?
(17) If our bodies were only an eye, we couldn't hear a thing. And if they were only an ear, we couldn't smell a thing.
(18) But God has put all parts of our body together in the way that he decided is best.
(19) A body isn't really a body, unless there is more than one part.
(20) It takes many parts to make a single body.
(21) That's why the eyes cannot say they don't need the hands. That's also why the head cannot say it doesn't need the feet.
(22) In fact, we cannot get along without the parts of the body that seem to be the weakest.
(23) We take special care to dress up some parts of our bodies. We are modest about our personal parts,
(24) but we don't have to be modest about other parts. God put our bodies together in such a way that even the parts that seem the least important are valuable.
(25) He did this to make all parts of the body work together smoothly, with each part caring about the others.
(26) If one part of our body hurts, we hurt all over. If one part of our body is honored, the whole body will be happy.
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ALT - Analytical Literal Translation
ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).
BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English
Bishops - 1568 Bishop's Bible
CEV - Contemporary English Version
Coverdale - 1535 Miles Coverdale Bible
Darby - 1889 Darby Bible
DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible
ESV - English Standard Version
GNB - Good News Bible
GW - God's Word Bible
ISV - International Standard Version
KJV - King James Version
LitNT - Literal New Testament
LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible
MKJV - Modern King James Version
Murdock - 1851 James Murdock New Testament
NWT - New World Translation
RV - Revised Version
Webster - 1833 Webster Bible
WTNT - 1525-26 William Tyndale New Testament
Wycliffe - 1394 Wycliffe Bible
YLT - Young's Literal Translation 1889
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