Romans 12:5 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁵ In the same way, though we [Christians] are many, we are one [spiritual] body in [fellowship with] Christ, and each one of us is part of [all] the others.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ So we, numerous as we are, are one body in Christ (the Messiah) and individually we are parts one of another [mutually dependent on one another].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and severally members one of another.

Common English Bible

⁵ In the same way, though there are many of us, we are one body in Christ, and individually we belong to each other.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ so also we, being many, are one body in Christ, and each one is a part, the one of the other.

Romans 12:5 Cross References

John 17:11

And [now] I am coming to you, for I will not be in the world any longer, yet these men are [still] in the world. Holy Father, protect them by [the power of] your name which you have given me. May these men be one, as we are [one].

Romans 12:4

For there are many parts to a single human body and all of these parts do not have the same function.

1 Corinthians 10:17

Inasmuch as there is one loaf of bread that we all share, we who are many make up one body [of believers].

1 Corinthians 10:33

For even I myself [try] to please everyone in every way, and not to look out [just] for my own good, but [also] for the good of many people, so that they may be saved.

1 Corinthians 12:20

But the way it is, there are many parts, but one body.

1 Corinthians 6:15

Do you not know that your [physical] bodies are parts of [the spiritual body of] Christ? So, shall I take away parts of Christ’s [spiritual] body and join them to a prostitute’s body? Certainly not!

Ephesians 1:23

which is His [spiritual] body. The church is completely filled by Christ [or, “Christ is completely filled by God”], who completely fills everything in every way.

Ephesians 4:12

for the purpose of equipping the saints [i.e., God’s holy people] for the work of serving [others], in order to build up the [spiritual] body of Christ [i.e., the church].

Ephesians 4:25

So then, put away lying and [Zech 8:16], “Each one should speak truthfully with his neighbor,” because we are parts of one another [i.e., in the one body].

Ephesians 5:23

For the husband is the [spiritual] head over his wife, just as Christ is also the [spiritual] head over the church, since He is the Savior of the body.

Ephesians 5:30

because we are parts of His [spiritual] body.

Colossians 1:24

Now I rejoice in [spite of] my sufferings for your sake, and I am filling up [i.e., completing] in my physical body what was lacking in the afflictions Christ endured for His body’s sake, the church.

Colossians 2:19

He is not holding on [firmly] to the head [i.e., Christ, the head of the church], from whom the entire body, being nourished and supported by its ligaments and joints, is caused to grow in size by God.