Romans 12:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.”
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“so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.”
King James Version · Public Domain“so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and severally members one of another.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“so we, the many, one body are in Christ, and members each one of one another.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Romans 12:5 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Romans 12:4Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function,
- 1 Corinthians 10:17Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.
- 1 Corinthians 10:33as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.
- 1 Corinthians 12:12The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 12:20As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
- 1 Corinthians 12:27Now you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a member of it.
- Ephesians 1:23which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
- Ephesians 4:25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
- Ephesians 5:23For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.
- Ephesians 5:30For we are members of His body.
- Colossians 1:24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.
- Colossians 2:19He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.
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