1 Corinthians 12:13

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ γὰρ ἐν ἑνὶ Πνεύματι ἡμεῖς πάντες εἰς ἓν σῶμα ἐβαπτίσθημεν, εἴτε Ἰουδαῖοι εἴτε Ἕλληνες, εἴτε δοῦλοι εἴτε ἐλεύθεροι· καὶ πάντες εἰς ἓν Πνεῦμα ἐποτίσθημεν.

Transliteration

And gar in one Pneumati we all into one sōma were ebaptisthēmen, whether Ioudaioi whether Hellēnes, whether douloi whether eleutheroi; and all into one Pneuma were epotisthēmen.

Grammar Details

• *gar*: postpositive particle - for/because
• *heni*: dative, neuter, singular - in one
• *Pneumati*: dative, neuter, singular - in Spirit
• *hēmeis*: nominative, 1st person, plural - we
• *pantes*: nominative, masculine, plural - all
• *eis*: preposition + accusative - into/for
• *hen*: accusative, neuter, singular - one
• *sōma*: accusative, neuter, singular - body
• *ebaptisthēmen*: aorist, indicative, passive, 1st person, plural - we were baptized
• *eite*: conjunction - whether/if
• *Ioudaioi*: nominative, masculine, plural - Jews
• *Hellēnes*: nominative, masculine, plural - Greeks
• *douloi*: nominative, masculine, plural - slaves
• *eleutheroi*: nominative, masculine, plural - free persons
• *epotisthēmen*: aorist, indicative, passive, 1st person, plural - we were given to drink

Word Meanings

• *ebaptisthēmen*: we were baptized/we were immersed
• *epotisthēmen*: we were given to drink/we were made to drink/we were watered
• *Pneuma*: Spirit/spirit/breath
• *sōma*: body/physical form

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and have all been made to drink into one Spirit.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For{G1063} {G2532} in{G1722} one{G1520} Spirit{G4151} were{G907} we{G2249} all{G3956} baptized{G907} into{G1519} one{G1520} body,{G4983} whether{G1535} Jews{G2453} or{G1535} Greeks,{G1672} whether{G1535} bond{G1401} or{G1535} free;{G1658} and{G2532} were{G4222} all{G3956} made to drink{G4222} of{G1519} one{G1520} Spirit.{G4151}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For{G1063}{G2532} by{G1722} one{G1520} Spirit{G4151} are{G907} we{G2249} all{G3956} baptized{G907}{(G5681)} into{G1519} one{G1520} body{G4983}, whether{G1535} we be Jews{G2453} or{G1535} Gentiles{G1672}, whether{G1535} we be bond{G1401} or{G1535} free{G1658}; and{G2532} have been{G4222} all{G3956} made to drink{G4222}{(G5681)} into{G1519} one{G1520} Spirit{G4151}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For in one sprete are we all baptysed to make one body whether we be Iewes or getyls whether we be bonde or fre: and have all dronke of one sprete.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For we are all baptysed in one sprete to be one body, whether we be Iewes or Gentyles, whether we be bonde or fre, and haue all dronke of one sprete.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we bee Iewes, or Grecians, whether we be bonde, or free, and haue bene all made to drinke into one Spirit.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For by one spirite, are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Iewes or gentiles, whether we be bonde or free: and haue all drunke of one spirite.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether [we be] Jews or Gentiles, whether [we be] bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all given to drink into one Spirit.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for also in one Spirit we all to one body were baptized, whether Jews or Greeks, whether servants or freemen, and all into one Spirit were made to drink,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For in one Spirit were we all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all made to drink of one Spirit.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For in one Spirit were we all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all made to drink of one Spirit.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For through the baptism of the one Spirit we were all formed into one body, Jews or Greeks, servants or free men, and were all made full of the same Spirit.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all given to drink into one Spirit.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body. Whether Jews or Greeks or slaves or free, we were all made to drink of the one Spirit.

Referenced Verses

• John 7:37-39 : 37 On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and cried out, 'If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.' 38 'Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.' 39 (He said this about the Spirit, which those who believed in Him were to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.)
• Gal 3:28 : 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
• Col 3:11 : 11 Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and in all.
• 1 Pet 3:21 : 21 This water symbolizes baptism, which now saves you—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God. It saves you through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
• John 3:5 : 5 Jesus answered, 'Truly, truly, I tell you, unless someone is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.'
• Eph 4:5 : 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
• Acts 1:5 : 5 For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.
• Matt 3:11 : 11 I baptize you with water for repentance, but the one who is coming after me is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
• Luke 3:16 : 16 John answered them all by saying, "I baptize you with water, but one who is mightier than I is coming, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
• John 1:16 : 16 From His fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.
• John 1:33 : 33 I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, 'The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining is the One who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.'
• Song 5:1 : 1 I have entered my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spices. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends, and drink; be intoxicated with love.
• Isa 41:17-18 : 17 The poor and needy search for water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. But I, the Lord, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. 18 I will open rivers on the barren heights and springs within the valleys. I will turn the desert into pools of water and the parched ground into flowing springs.
• Isa 44:3-5 : 3 For I will pour water on the thirsty land and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your descendants and my blessing on your offspring. 4 They will sprout up like grass among the meadows, like willows by flowing streams. 5 One will say, 'I belong to the LORD,' another will call on the name of Jacob, and still another will write on his hand, 'Belonging to the LORD,' and will honor the name of Israel.
• Isa 55:1 : 1 Come, everyone who is thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.
• Ezek 36:25-27 : 25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. 26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you. I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. 27 I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to follow my statutes and carefully observe my ordinances.
• Zech 9:15-17 : 15 The LORD of Hosts will defend them; they will devour and subdue with slingstones. They will drink and roar as with wine; they will be filled like a sacrificial bowl, like the corners of the altar. 16 On that day, the LORD their God will save them as the flock of His people; they will sparkle in His land like jewels in a crown. 17 How beautiful and delightful they will be! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the young women.
• Rom 3:29 : 29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is He not also the God of Gentiles? Yes, of Gentiles too.
• Rom 4:11 : 11 And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So that he might be the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness might also be credited to them,
• Rom 6:3-6 : 3 Or do you not know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? 4 Therefore, we were buried with Him by baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been united with Him in the likeness of His death, we will certainly also be united with Him in the resurrection. 6 We know this: our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, and we would no longer be enslaved to sin.
• Rom 8:9-9 : 9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Him. 10 But if Christ is in you, even though the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness. 11 And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who lives in you.
• 1 Cor 7:21-22 : 21 Were you called while a slave? Do not let it trouble you. But if you can gain your freedom, do so. 22 For the one who was called as a slave in the Lord is the Lord’s freed person; in the same way, the one who was called while free is Christ’s slave.
• 1 Cor 10:2 : 2 They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.
• Gal 3:23 : 23 Before this faith came, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until the faith that was to come would be revealed.
• Eph 5:26 : 26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing of water through the word,
• Eph 6:8 : 8 knowing that whatever good thing each one does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether slave or free.
• Col 1:27 : 27 To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
• Col 2:11-12 : 11 In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not done by hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, through the circumcision of Christ. 12 Having been buried with him in baptism, you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
• John 4:10 : 10 Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God and who it is that says to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."
• John 4:14 : 14 But whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life."
• John 6:63 : 63 The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are Spirit and they are life.
• Titus 3:4-6 : 4 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, 5 He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to His mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit. 6 This Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
• Eph 2:11-22 : 11 Therefore, remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh—who are called 'the uncircumcision' by those who are called 'the circumcision,' which is done in the flesh by human hands— 12 were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus, you who were once far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has broken down in His flesh the dividing wall of hostility. 15 He has abolished the law with its commandments and regulations, so that He might create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace, 16 and might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross, by which He put their hostility to death. 17 He came and proclaimed peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. 18 For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit. 19 So then, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God's household, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone. 21 In Him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord. 22 And in Him you too are being built together to become a dwelling place for God in the Spirit.
• Eph 3:6 : 6 This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.