1 Corinthians 12:14

Our bodies do not have only one part. They have many parts with various functions.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

For the body is not one member, but many.

In Context

13When we were baptized {When people baptized us}, the one Holy Spirit caused us to become one group of believers. It does not matter whether we are Jews or non-Jews. It does not matter whether we are slaves or not slaves. When we believed in Christ, the one Spirit came to live [MET] within all of us.

15If our foot could talk and say to us, “Because I am not your hand, I am not a part of your body,” it would still be a part of our body.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 12:19If our body had only one part, it would not be a body. [RHQ]

Ephesians 4:25Therefore, quit lying to one another. Instead, because we all belong to just one group of believers, speak truthfully to each other.

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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