Romans 12:4

For just as in one body we have many members (natural capacities), and all the members do not have the same function,

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:

In Context

3For I say to all who are among you through the chesed (unmerited favor, grace) given to me, that you should avoid a false sense of superiority in your thinking; rather exercise shlitah atzmi (self-control), thinking with seichel, as G-d has measured to each a measure of emunah.

5So we all are one body in Moshiach, and are individually members one of another,

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 12:12For even as the body is echad, and has many evarim (members), and all the evarim (members) of the body, though many, are one body, so is Moshiach.

Ephesians 4:4As there is one Guf (Body) + 4:4 Gn 47:18; Ps 16:9-10; Job 19:25-27; Isa 53:11 and one Ruach Hakodesh, as also you were called in one Tikvah (hope) of your kri'ah:

Matthew Henry on Romans 12:2-21

Consecration to God; Duty towards God; Duty towards Ourselves; Due Exercise of Spiritual Gifts; Duty towards Our Brethren; Brotherly Love; Love to Enemies. ( a. d. 58.) 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. 3 For I say,… Read the whole commentary →

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