Romans 12:5
so we many be one body in Christ, and each be members one of another. (so we many bodies be but one body in the Messiah, and each of us be members of one another.)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
In Context
Cross References
Romans 12:4For as in one body we have many members, but all the members have not the same deed [or the same act];
1 Corinthians 10:33as I by all things please to all men, not seeking that that is profitable to me [or not seeking what is profitable to me], but that that is profitable to many men, that they be made safe (or so that they can be saved).
1 Corinthians 12:20But now there be many members, but one body.
Ephesians 1:23that is the body of him, and the plenty of him, which is all things in all things fulfilled.
Ephesians 5:23for the man is (the) head of the woman, as Christ is head of the church (or as the Messiah is the head of the church); he is (the) Saviour of his body.
Colossians 1:24and now I have joy in passion (s) for you, and I [ful] fill those things that fail of the passions of Christ in my flesh, for his body, that is the church. (and now I have joy in my sufferings for you, and through them I fulfill that which fail of the sufferings of the Messiah in my flesh, for his body, that is the church.)
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 →