1 Corinthians 12:18

But now God hath set the members every one of them in the body as it hath pleased him.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

17If the whole body were the eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling?

19And if they all were one member, where would be the body?

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Cross References

Jonah 1:14And they cried to the Lord, and said: We beseech thee, O Lord, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O Lord, hast done as it pleased thee.

Luke 12:32Fear not, little flock, for it hath pleased your Father to give you a kingdom.

1 Corinthians 3:5The ministers of him whom you have believed; and to every one as the Lord hath given.

1 Corinthians 12:24But our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, giving to that which wanted the more abundant honour,

1 Corinthians 15:38But God giveth it a body as he will: and to every seed its proper 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 →

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