1 Corinthians 12:20

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

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

Cross References

Romans 12:5

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.

1 Corinthians 12:12

For [just] as the human body is one [unit], made up of many parts, and all the many parts make up a single body, so it is with Christ. [Note: Just as a human body is a single unit and Christ is a single being, so the members of His body, the church, constitute one body. See verses 27-28].

1 Corinthians 12:14

For the human body is not made up of [only] one part, but of many parts.

1 Corinthians 12:19

And if all the parts were one part, how could there be a [whole] body?

1 Corinthians 12:21

And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I do not need you,” or again, the head [cannot say] to the feet, “I do not need you.”