1 Corinthians 12:20
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 12:20 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 12:20 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "But now are they many members, yet but one body." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Corinthians 12:20 — KJV
“But now are they many members, yet but one body.”
— 1 Corinthians 12:20 (KJV)
1 Corinthians 12:20 in Context — About the Book of 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians is pastoral surgery on a gifted, divided, messy church — addressing factions, immorality, lawsuits, worship chaos, and doubts about resurrection. It contains the love chapter read at countless weddings and the Bible's fullest teaching on spiritual gifts and the resurrection body.
Cross-References for 1 Corinthians 12:20
“For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 12:20: many, members, one
“So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 12:20: many, members, one
“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.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 12:20: many, members, one
“But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.”
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“And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?”
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