Romans 12:5

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οὕτως οἱ πολλοὶ, ἓν σῶμά ἐσμεν ἐν Χριστῷ, ὁ δὲ καθʼ εἷς ἀλλήλων μέλη.

Transliteration

Thus the many, one sōma we esmen in Christō, and the according to one of allēlōn melē.

Grammar Details

• *sōma*: nominative, neuter, singular - body
• *esmen*: present active indicative, 1st person plural - we are
• *Christō*: dative, masculine, singular - in Christ
• *allēlōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of one another
• *melē*: nominative, neuter, plural - members/parts

Word Meanings

• *sōma*: body/physical body
• *Christō*: Christ/Messiah/Anointed One
• *allēlōn*: one another/each other
• *melē*: members/parts/limbs

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  so{G3779} we,{G2070} who are many,{G4183} are{G2070} one{G1520} body{G4983} in{G1722} Christ,{G5547} and{G1161} {G2596} severally{G1520} members{G3196} one of another.{G240}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  So{G3779} we{G2070}, being many{G4183}, are{G2070}{(G5748)} one{G1520} body{G4983} in{G1722} Christ{G5547}, and{G1161} every{G2596} one{G1520} members{G3196} one of another{G240}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  so we beynge many are one body in Christ and every man (amoge oure selves) one anothers mebers Seynge

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Euen so we beynge many are one body in Christ. But amonge oure selues euery one is the membre of another,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  So we being many are one body in Christ, and euery one, one anothers members.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  So, we beyng many, are one body in Christe, and euery one members one of another.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  So we, [being] many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  so we, the many, one body are in Christ, and members each one of one another.

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So we, though we are a number of persons, are one body in Christ, and are dependent on one another;

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  so we who are many are one body in Christ, and individually we are members who belong to one another.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Cor 10:17 : 17 Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all share the one bread.
• 1 Cor 12:20 : 20 But as it is, there are many members, yet one body.
• Eph 4:25 : 25 Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak the truth, each one to his neighbor, because we are members of one another.
• Col 2:19 : 19 Such a person does not hold fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that comes from God.
• Rom 12:4 : 4 For just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members serve the same function,
• Eph 5:23 : 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.
• Eph 5:30 : 30 because we are members of His body.
• Col 1:24 : 24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.
• 1 Cor 12:27-28 : 27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. 28 And God has placed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, guidance, and different kinds of tongues.
• Eph 1:23 : 23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
• 1 Cor 10:33 : 33 Just as I also try to please everyone in all things, not seeking my own benefit but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved.
• 1 Cor 12:12-14 : 12 Just as the body is one but has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so also is Christ. 13 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. 14 Indeed, the body is not one member but many.