1 Corinthians 12:18

But in fact, God has arranged the members of the body, every one of them, according to His design.

Berean Standard Bible

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 an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?

19If they were all one part, where would the body be?

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Cross References

Psalms 135:6The LORD does all that pleases Him in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all their depths.

Jonah 1:14So they cried out to the LORD: “Please, O LORD, do not let us perish on account of this man’s life! Do not charge us with innocent blood! For You, O LORD, have done as You pleased.”

Luke 12:32Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.

1 Corinthians 3:5What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.

1 Corinthians 12:24whereas our presentable parts have no such need. But God has composed the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it,

1 Corinthians 15:38But God gives it a body as He has designed, and to each kind of seed He gives its own 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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