1 Corinthians 12:18

But now God hath placed the members, every one of them in the body, as He pleased.

1770 John Worsley NT

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 were the hearing? and if the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?

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

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Cross References

Luke 12:32Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's pleasure to give you the kingdom.

1 Corinthians 3:5Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whose means ye embraced the faith, even as the Lord gave success to each of them?

1 Corinthians 12:24But God hath so blended the several parts of the body, giving greater honor to that which was deficient,

1 Corinthians 15:38and God giveth it a body as He pleaseth, and to every one of the seeds it's 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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