1 Corinthians 12:20
But now are they many members, yet but one body.
KJV
νῦν δὲ πολλὰ μὲν μέλη, ἓν δὲ σῶμα.
Greek NT
Nunc autem multa quidem membra, unum autem corpus.
Vulgate
But now they are many members, but one body.
ASV
But now there are many members indeed, yet one body.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
7 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἷς
eis
adjective · 336×
μέλος
melos
noun · 34×
μέν
men
particle · 177×
νῦν
nun
adverb · 147×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
σῶμα
soma
noun · 141×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
trivial
SBLGNT: μὲν | Treg/NIV/RP: μὲν
- μὲν — SBLGNT
- μὲν — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 12:12 — 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.
- 1Cor 12:14 — For the body is not one member, but many.
- Eph 4:4 — There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
- Rom 12:5 — So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.