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Berean Standard Bible

“Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function,”

Romans 12:4

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Continuing from verse 3, Paul offers an image to explain how believers with differing gifts fit together. The picture of a body with many parts was familiar in his world, and he uses it in 1 Corinthians 12 as well.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function,

World English Bible (WEB)

For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members don’t have the same function,

King James Version (KJV)

For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:

American Standard Version (ASV)

For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members have not the same office:

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

For, as we have a number of parts in one body, but all the parts have not the same use,

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

for as in one body we have many members, and all the members have not the same office,

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Porque de la manera que en un cuerpo tenemos muchos miembros, empero todos los miembros no tienen la misma operación;

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Así como nuestro cuerpo tiene muchas partes, y cada una desempeña una tarea diferente,

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