"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 {…" — 1 Corinthians 12:12

1 Corinthians 12:12 · KJV

“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.”

— 1 Corinthians 12:12

Verse 11

But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.

Verse 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. {Gentiles: Gr. Greeks}

1 Corinthians 12 — Context

To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another {divers} kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:

But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.

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.

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. {Gentiles: Gr. Greeks}

For the body is not one member, but many.

Cross References

Romans 12:4-5

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

Colossians 3:15

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

1 Corinthians 12:27

Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

Ephesians 4:15-16

But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, {even} Christ: {speaking...: or, being sincere}

Colossians 2:19

And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.

Ephesians 5:30

For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

1 Corinthians 10:17

For we {being} many are one bread, {and} one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.

Ephesians 4:4

{There is} one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;