Romans 12:4

4 For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function,

Romans 12:4 in Other Translations

KJV
4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:
ESV
4 For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function,
NLT
4 Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function,
MSG
4 In this way we are like the various parts of a human body. Each part gets its meaning from the body as a whole, not the other way around.
CSB
4 Now as we have many parts in one body, and all the parts do not have the same function,

Romans 12:4 In-Context

2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
3 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.
4 For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function,
5 so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.
6 We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith;

Cross References 1

  • 1. 1 Corinthians 12:12-14; Ephesians 4:16
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