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1 Corinthians 12:12-13 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 12 · verses 12–13
12For 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. 13For 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.1 Corinthians 12:12-13 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 12:12-13 in context
10To 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:
11But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
12For 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.
13For 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.
14For the body is not one member, but many.
15If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
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Commentary
Cross references
- Romans 12:4-5
- Colossians 3:15
- 1 Corinthians 12:27
- Ephesians 4:15-16
- Colossians 2:19
- 1 Corinthians 10:17
- Ephesians 5:30
- Ephesians 4:5
- Colossians 3:11
- Galatians 3:28
- John 7:37-39
Key words (Strong's)
- baptizedbaptizōto dip repeatedly, to immerse, to submerge , to cleanse by dipping or submerging, to…G907 →
- Gentileshellēna Greek either by nationality, whether a native of the main land or of the Greek islands…G1672 →
- membersmelosa member, limb a member of the human body, of bodies given up to criminal intercourse…G3196 →
- ChristchristosChrist = " anointed" , Christ was [and is], anointedG5547 →
- Spiritpneumathe third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father…G4151 →
- drinkpotizōto give to drink, to furnish drink, to water, irrigate , metaph. to imbue, saturate one's…G4222 →
- bodysōmathe body both of men or animals, a dead body or corpse, the living body, of animals, the…G4983 →
- manypolysmany, much, largeG4183 →
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The apostle here makes out the truth of what was above asserted, and puts the gifted men among the Corinthians in mind of their duty, by comparing the church of Christ to a human body. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-26