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1 Corinthians 12:11–12

11 All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, gwho apportions to each one individually has he wills.

One Body with Many Members

12 For just as ithe body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, jso it is with Christ.

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1 Corinthians 12:11–12 — The New International Version (NIV)

11 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.

12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ.

1 Corinthians 12:11–12 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.

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.

1 Corinthians 12:11–12 — New Living Translation (NLT)

11 It is the one and only Spirit who distributes all these gifts. He alone decides which gift each person should have.

12 The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up one whole body. So it is with the body of Christ.

1 Corinthians 12:11–12 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

11 But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.

12 For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ.

1 Corinthians 12:11–12 — New Century Version (NCV)

11 One Spirit, the same Spirit, does all these things, and the Spirit decides what to give each person.

12 A person’s body is one thing, but it has many parts. Though there are many parts to a body, all those parts make only one body. Christ is like that also.

1 Corinthians 12:11–12 — American Standard Version (ASV)

11 but all these worketh the one and the same Spirit, dividing to each one severally even as he will.

12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.

1 Corinthians 12:11–12 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

11 But all these things operates the one and the same Spirit, dividing to each in particular according as he pleases.

12 For even as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of the body, being many, are one body, so also is the Christ.

1 Corinthians 12:11–12 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

11 There is only one Spirit who does all these things by giving what God wants to give to each person. 

12 For example, the body is one unit and yet has many parts. As all the parts form one body, so it is with Christ.

1 Corinthians 12:11–12 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

11 But one and the same Spirit is active in all these, distributing to each person as He wills.

12 For as the body is one and has many parts, and all the parts of that body, though many, are one body—so also is Christ.

1 Corinthians 12:11–12 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

11 All these are activated by one and the same Spirit, who allots to each one individually just as the Spirit chooses.

12 For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.

1 Corinthians 12:11–12 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

11 But in all these things one and the same Spirit is at work, distributing to each one individually just as he wishes.

12 For just as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of the body, although they are many, are one body, thus also Christ.

1 Corinthians 12:11–12 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

11 All of the gifts are produced by one and the same Spirit. He gives them to each person, just as he decides.

12 There is one body. But it has many parts. Even though it has many parts, they make up one body. It is the same with Christ.

1 Corinthians 12:11–12 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

11 But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills.

12 For even as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ.


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