1 Corinthians 12:12
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For as the body is one and hath many members; and all the members of the body, whereas they are many, yet are one body: So also is Christ.

as.

1 Corinthians 10:17 For we, being many, are one bread, one body: all that partake of one bread.

Romans 12:4,5 For as in one body we have many members, but all the members have not the same office: . . .

Ephesians 1:23 Which is his body and the fulness of him who is filled all in all.

Ephesians 4:4,12,15,16 One body and one Spirit: as you are called in one hope of your calling. . . .

Ephesians 5:23,30 Because the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church. He is the saviour of his body. . . .

Colossians 1:18,24 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he may hold the primacy: . . .

Colossians 2:19 And not holding the head, from which the whole body, by joints and bands, being supplied with nourishment and compacted, groweth into the increase of God.

Colossians 3:15 And let the peace of Christ rejoice in your hearts, wherein also you are called in one body: and be ye thankful.

so.

1 Corinthians 12:27 Now you are the body of Christ and members of member.

Galatians 3:16 To Abraham were the promises made and to his seed. He saith not: And to his seeds as of many. But as of one: And to thy seed, which is Christ.

Context
The Body of Christ
11But all these things, one and the same Spirit worketh, dividing to every one according as he will. 12For as the body is one and hath many members; and all the members of the body, whereas they are many, yet are one body: So also is Christ. 13For in one Spirit were we all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Gentiles, whether bond or free: and in one Spirit we have all been made to drink.…
Cross References
Romans 12:4
For as in one body we have many members, but all the members have not the same office:

1 Corinthians 10:17
For we, being many, are one bread, one body: all that partake of one bread.

1 Corinthians 12:7
And the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man unto profit.

1 Corinthians 12:20
But now there are many members indeed, yet one body.

1 Corinthians 12:27
Now you are the body of Christ and members of member.

Lexicon
The
τὸ (to)
Article - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

body
σῶμα (sōma)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 4983: Body, flesh; the body of the Church. From sozo; the body, used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively.

is
ἐστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

a unit,
ἕν (hen)
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 1520: One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one.

though
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

it is comprised
ἔχει (echei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.

of many
πολλὰ (polla)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 4183: Much, many; often.

parts.
μέλη (melē)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3196: A bodily organ, limb, member. Of uncertain affinity; a limb or part of the body.

And [although]
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

[its]
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

parts
μέλη (melē)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3196: A bodily organ, limb, member. Of uncertain affinity; a limb or part of the body.

are
ὄντα (onta)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

many,
πολλὰ (polla)
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 4183: Much, many; often.

they all
πάντα (panta)
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

form
ἐστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

one
ἕν (hen)
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 1520: One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one.

body.
σῶμα (sōma)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 4983: Body, flesh; the body of the Church. From sozo; the body, used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively.

So
οὕτως (houtōs)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3779: Thus, so, in this manner. Or (referring to what precedes or follows).

[it is]
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

with Christ.
Χριστός (Christos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.


Additional Translations
The body is a unit, though it is comprised of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

For just as the human body is one and yet has many parts, and all its parts, many as they are, constitute but one body, so it is with the Church of Christ.

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

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