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OET-RV by cross-referenced section 1COR 12:12

1COR 12:12–12:31 ©

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One body with many parts

1Cor 12:12–31

12:12 One body with many parts

12Just like a human body is a unit but has many parts which are all components, no matter how many, making up that one body, so too is the messiah.[ref] 13Yes, in one spirit we were all immersed into one body, whether we were Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we all were given one spirit to drink. MEANING?

14Yes, indeed the body is not one part, but many. 15If your foot said, “Since I’m not a hand, I’m not part of the body,” that wouldn’t make it any less a part of the body, 16and if your ear said, “Since I’m not an eye, I’m not part of the body,” that wouldn’t make it any less a part of the body. 17If your whole body was an eye, how could you hear? But then, if your whole body was an ear, how could you smell anything? 18Actually, God has placed every part in our bodies exactly where he wanted to put them. 19If it was all just one part, how could it be a body? 20Yes, there’s many parts, but only one body.

21Your eye can’t tell your hand, “I don’t need you,” and your head can’t tell your feet, “I don’t need you.” 22On the contrary, the body parts that seem to be weaker are very vital, 23and those body parts that seem less honourable, we give them greater honour and hence our unpresentable body parts are treated with more modesty. 24Our presentable parts don’t have any need for that, but rather God has put the body together and he gave greater honour to the lesser parts 25so that there won’t be any division in the body, but its members should care equally for each other. 26So if one body part is hurting, all the parts hurt as well. If one body part is honoured, then all the parts are happy together.

27Now you all are the body of Christ, and each of you is a part of it. 28And indeed, God has appointed: 1/ missionaries, 2/ prophets, 3/ teachers, then doing miracles, healing others, helping others, guiding others, and speaking various languages[ref] 29Are everyone missionaries, or everyone prophets or teachers, or doing miracles? 30Does everyone have the gifts of healing, or speaking in other languages, or translating?

31But strive for the better gifts.

And now I’ll demonstrate a better way to you all:


Collected OET-RV cross-references

Rom 12:4-5:

4[ref]Just like one body has many components and each individual component works differently, 5so too all of us are part of one body in Messiah and we’re all parts of each other.


12:4-5: 1Cor 12:12.

Eph 4:11:

11Then he gave some as missionaries, some as prophets, some as announcers of the good message, some as pastors and teachers