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1 Corinthians 12:18

But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.

KJV

νυνὶ δὲ ὁ θεὸς ἔθετο τὰ μέλη, ἓν ἕκαστον αὐτῶν, ἐν τῷ σώματι καθὼς ἠθέλησεν.

Greek NT

Nunc autem posuit Deus membra, unumquodque eorum in corpore sicut voluit.

Vulgate

But now hath God set the members each one of them in the body, even as it pleased him.

ASV

But now God hath set the members, every one of them, in the body as it hath pleased him.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἷς
eis
adjective · 336×
θέλω
thelo
verb · 208×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καθώς
kathos
adverb · 181×
μέλος
melos
noun · 34×
νυνί
nuni
adverb · 21×
σῶμα
soma
noun · 141×
τίθημι
tithemi
verb · 99×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἕκαστος
ekastos
adjective · 84×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: νυνὶ | NIV/RP: νυνὶ | WH/Treg: νῦν
  • νυνὶSBLGNT
  • νυνὶReader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
  • νῦνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. Our Lord Jesus Christ calls His coming in the flesh an exodus [or going out]: as when He says, The sower went out to sow. Matthew 13:3 And again, I went out from the Father, and have come. John 16:28 And in many places one may see this. But Paul calls it an [eisodus or] coming in, saying, And when again He brings in the First-Begotten into the world, meaning by this Bringing…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 1:30 — But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
  • 1Cor 3:5 — Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
  • 1Cor 12:11 — But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
  • 1Cor 12:24 — For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:
  • 1Cor 12:28 — And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
  • 1Cor 12:28 — And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
  • Eccl 4:9 — Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
  • Luke 10:21 — In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so
  • Luke 12:32 — Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
  • Matt 6:27 — Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
  • Ps 135:6 — Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.
  • Rom 12:3 — For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man t