Focused Passage

1 Corinthians 12:15-20

One Spirit, Many Gifts, and One Body in Christ

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15If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.

16And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.

17If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?

18But in fact, God has arranged the members of the body, every one of them, according to His design.

19If they were all one part, where would the body be?

20As it is, there are many parts, but one body.

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Verse 15

Original words

IfἐὰνG1437ConjunctiontheG3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularfootπούςG4228Noun - Nominative Masculine Singularshould sayεἴπῃG2036Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person SingularBecauseὍτιG3754ConjunctionI amεἰμὶG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularnotοὐκG3756Adverba handχείρG5495Noun - Nominative Feminine SingularI doεἰμὶG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularnotοὐκG3756AdverbbelongἐκG1537Prepositionto theτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Neuter SingularbodyσώματοςG4983Noun - Genitive Neuter SingularthatπαρὰG3844Preposition. . .τοῦτοG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter SingularwouldἔστινG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularnotοὐG3756Adverb[ make it any less ]οὐκG3756Adverba part ofἐκG1537PrepositiontheτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Neuter SingularbodyσώματοςG4983Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Verse 16

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AndκαὶG2532ConjunctionifἐὰνG1437ConjunctiontheτὸG3588Article - Nominative Neuter SingularearοὖςG3775Noun - Nominative Neuter Singularshould sayεἴπῃG2036Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person SingularBecauseὍτιG3754ConjunctionI amεἰμὶG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularnotοὐκG3756Adverban eyeὀφθαλμόςG3788Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularI doεἰμὶG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularnotοὐκG3756AdverbbelongἐκG1537Prepositionto theτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Neuter SingularbodyσώματοςG4983Noun - Genitive Neuter SingularthatπαρὰG3844Preposition. . .τοῦτοG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter SingularwouldἔστινG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularnotοὐG3756Adverb[ make it any less ]οὐκG3756Adverba part ofἐκG1537PrepositiontheτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Neuter SingularbodyσώματοςG4983Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Verse 17

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IfεἰG1487ConjunctiontheτὸG3588Article - Nominative Neuter SingularwholeὅλονG3650Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singularbody [were]σῶμαG4983Noun - Nominative Neuter Singularan eyeὀφθαλμόςG3788Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularwhereποῦG4226Adverb[would] theG3588Article - Nominative Feminine Singularsense of hearing [be]ἀκοήG189Noun - Nominative Feminine SingularIfεἰG1487Conjunction[the] whole [body]ὅλονG3650Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular[were] an earἀκοήG189Noun - Nominative Feminine SingularwhereποῦG4226Adverb[would] theG3588Article - Nominative Feminine Singularsense of smell [be]ὄσφρησιςG3750Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Verse 18

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ButδὲG1161Conjunctionin factΝυνὶ*G3570Adverb-G3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularGodΘεὸςG2316Noun - Nominative Masculine Singularhas arrangedἔθετοG5087Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person SingulartheτὰG3588Article - Accusative Neuter PluralmembersμέληG3196Noun - Accusative Neuter PluralofἐνG1722PrepositiontheτῷG3588Article - Dative Neuter SingularbodyσώματιG4983Noun - Dative Neuter SingulareveryἕκαστονG1538Adjective - Accusative Neuter SingularoneἓνG1520Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singularof themαὐτῶνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Neuter 3rd Person Pluralaccording toκαθὼςG2531AdverbHis designἠθέλησενG2309Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Verse 19

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-δὲG1161ConjunctionIfεἰG1487Conjunctionthey wereἦνG1510Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular-τὰG3588Article - Nominative Neuter PluralallπάνταG3956Adjective - Nominative Neuter PluraloneἓνG1520Adjective - Nominative Neuter SingularpartμέλοςG3196Noun - Nominative Neuter SingularwhereποῦG4226Adverb[would] theτὸG3588Article - Nominative Neuter Singularbody [be]σῶμαG4983Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Verse 20

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-δὲG1161ConjunctionAs it isνῦνG3568Adverb. . .μὲνG3303Conjunction[there are] manyπολλὰG4183Adjective - Nominative Neuter PluralpartsμέληG3196Noun - Nominative Neuter PluralbutδὲG1161ConjunctiononeἓνG1520Adjective - Nominative Neuter SingularbodyσῶμαG4983Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular

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