1 Corinthians 12:18

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But as a matter of fact, God has placed each of the members in the body just as he decided.

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  • 1 Cor 12:11 : 11 It is one and the same Spirit, distributing as he decides to each person, who produces all these things.
  • 1 Cor 12:28 : 28 And God has placed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, gifts of healing, helps, gifts of leadership, different kinds of tongues.
  • Rom 12:3 : 3 Conduct in Humility For by the grace given to me I say to every one of you not to think more highly of yourself than you ought to think, but to think with sober discernment, as God has distributed to each of you a measure of faith.
  • 1 Cor 3:5 : 5 What is Apollos, really? Or what is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, and each of us in the ministry the Lord gave us.
  • 1 Cor 12:24 : 24 but our presentable members do not need this. Instead, God has blended together the body, giving greater honor to the lesser member,
  • Ps 110:3 : 3 Your people willingly follow you when you go into battle. On the holy hills at sunrise the dew of your youth belongs to you.
  • Ps 135:6 : 6 He does whatever he pleases in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all the ocean depths.
  • Isa 46:10 : 10 who announces the end from the beginning and reveals beforehand what has not yet occurred, who says,‘My plan will be realized, I will accomplish what I desire,’
  • Jonah 1:14 : 14 So they cried out to the LORD,“Oh, please, LORD, don’t let us die on account of this man! Don’t hold us guilty of shedding innocent blood. After all, you, LORD, have done just as you pleased.”
  • Luke 10:21 : 21 On that same occasion Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said,“I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your gracious will.
  • Luke 12:32 : 32 “Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom.
  • 1 Cor 15:38 : 38 But God gives it a body just as he planned, and to each of the seeds a body of its own.
  • Eph 1:5 : 5 He did this by predestining us to adoption as his legal heirs through Jesus Christ, according to the pleasure of his will–
  • Eph 1:9 : 9 He did this when he revealed to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ,
  • Rev 4:11 : 11 “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, since you created all things, and because of your will they existed and were created!”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Cor 12:19-29
    11 verses
    85%

    19If they were all the same member, where would the body be?

    20So now there are many members, but one body.

    21The eye cannot say to the hand,“I do not need you,” nor in turn can the head say to the foot,“I do not need you.”

    22On the contrary, those members that seem to be weaker are essential,

    23and those members we consider less honorable we clothe with greater honor, and our unpresentable members are clothed with dignity,

    24but our presentable members do not need this. Instead, God has blended together the body, giving greater honor to the lesser member,

    25so that there may be no division in the body, but the members may have mutual concern for one another.

    26If one member suffers, everyone suffers with it. If a member is honored, all rejoice with it.

    27Now you are Christ’s body, and each of you is a member of it.

    28And God has placed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, gifts of healing, helps, gifts of leadership, different kinds of tongues.

    29Not all are apostles, are they? Not all are prophets, are they? Not all are teachers, are they? Not all perform miracles, do they?

  • 1 Cor 12:11-17
    7 verses
    82%

    11It is one and the same Spirit, distributing as he decides to each person, who produces all these things.

    12Different Members in One Body For just as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body– though many– are one body, so too is Christ.

    13For 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.

    14For in fact the body is not a single member, but many.

    15If the foot says,“Since I am not a hand, I am not part of the body,” it does not lose its membership in the body because of that.

    16And if the ear says,“Since I am not an eye, I am not part of the body,” it does not lose its membership in the body because of that.

    17If the whole body were an eye, what part would do the hearing? If the whole were an ear, what part would exercise the sense of smell?

  • Rom 12:4-6
    3 verses
    81%

    4For just as in one body we have many members, and not all the members serve the same function,

    5so we who are many are one body in Christ, and individually we are members who belong to one another.

    6And we have different gifts according to the grace given to us. If the gift is prophecy, that individual must use it in proportion to his faith.

  • 1 Cor 15:38-39
    2 verses
    77%

    38But God gives it a body just as he planned, and to each of the seeds a body of its own.

    39All flesh is not the same: People have one flesh, animals have another, birds and fish another.

  • Eph 4:16
    72%

    16From him the whole body grows, fitted and held together through every supporting ligament. As each one does its part, the body builds itself up in love.

  • Eph 1:22-23
    2 verses
    70%

    22And God put all things under Christ’s feet, and gave him to the church as head over all things.

    23Now the church is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

  • 1 Cor 12:4-8
    5 verses
    70%

    4Now there are different gifts, but the same Spirit.

    5And there are different ministries, but the same Lord.

    6And there are different results, but the same God who produces all of them in everyone.

    7To each person the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the benefit of all.

    8For one person is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, and another the message of knowledge according to the same Spirit,

  • 1 Cor 7:17
    70%

    17The Circumstances of Your Calling Nevertheless, as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each person, so must he live. I give this sort of direction in all the churches.

  • Eph 4:12
    69%

    12to equip the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up the body of Christ,

  • 1 Cor 7:7
    69%

    7I wish that everyone was as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one this way, another that.

  • Col 2:19
    68%

    19He has not held fast to the head from whom the whole body, supported and knit together through its ligaments and sinews, grows with a growth that is from God.

  • 1 Cor 6:15
    68%

    15Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Should I take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never!

  • Eph 2:21
    68%

    21In him the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,

  • Eph 5:30
    68%

    30because we are members of his body.

  • 1 Cor 14:26
    67%

    26Church Order What should you do then, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each one has a song, has a lesson, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all these things be done for the strengthening of the church.

  • Eph 4:4
    67%

    4There is one body and one Spirit, just as you too were called to the one hope of your calling,

  • Eph 4:7
    67%

    7But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift.

  • 1 Cor 12:1
    67%

    1Spiritual Gifts With regard to spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed.

  • 1 Cor 6:17
    66%

    17But the one united with the Lord is one spirit with him.

  • Eph 1:9
    66%

    9He did this when he revealed to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ,

  • 1 Cor 7:24
    66%

    24In whatever situation someone was called, brothers and sisters, let him remain in it with God.

  • 1 Cor 10:17
    66%

    17Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all share the one bread.

  • Rom 15:2
    66%

    2Let each of us please his neighbor for his good to build him up.

  • 1 Cor 6:19
    66%

    19Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?

  • 2 Cor 8:12
    66%

    12For if the eagerness is present, the gift itself is acceptable according to whatever one has, not according to what he does not have.

  • 1 Cor 3:10
    66%

    10According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master-builder I laid a foundation, but someone else builds on it. And each one must be careful how he builds.