1 Corinthians 12:18
But now God has put every one of the parts in the body as it was pleasing to him.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
In Context
19And if they were all one part, where would the body be?
Cross References
Psalms 135:6The Lord has done whatever was pleasing to him, in heaven, and on the earth, in the seas and in all the deep waters.
Jonah 1:14So, crying to the Lord, they said, Give ear to our prayer, O Lord, give ear, and do not let destruction overtake us because of this man's life; do not put on us the sin of taking life without cause: for you, O Lord, have done what seemed good to you.
Luke 12:32Have no fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
1 Corinthians 3:5What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? They are but servants who gave you the good news as God gave it to them.
1 Corinthians 12:24But 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;
1 Corinthians 15:38But God gives it a body, as it is pleasing to him, and to every seed its special body.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 12:13-27
Union Recommended. ( a. d. 57.) 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. 13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. 14 For the body is not one member, but many. 15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? 16 And if the ear shall say, Because… Read the whole commentary →