Focused Passage

1 Corinthians 12:21-26

One Spirit, Many Gifts, and One Body in Christ

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21The eye cannot say to the hand, “I do not need you.” Nor can the head say to the feet, “I do not need you.”

22On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,

23and the parts we consider less honorable, we treat with greater honor. And our unpresentable parts are treated with special modesty,

24whereas our presentable parts have no such need. But God has composed the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it,

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

26If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.

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Verse 21

Original words

-δὲG1161ConjunctionTheG3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingulareyeὀφθαλμὸςG3788Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularvvvΟὐG3756AdverbcannotδύναταιG1410Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person SingularsayεἰπεῖνG2036Verb - Aorist Infinitive Activeto theτῇG3588Article - Dative Feminine SingularhandχειρίG5495Noun - Dative Feminine SingularI doἔχωG2192Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularnotοὐκG3756AdverbneedΧρείανG5532Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularyouσουG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular[Nor can]G2228Conjunction. . .πάλινG3825AdverbtheG3588Article - Nominative Feminine Singularhead [say]κεφαλὴG2776Noun - Nominative Feminine Singularto theτοῖςG3588Article - Dative Masculine PluralfeetποσίνG4228Noun - Dative Masculine PluralI doἔχωG2192Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularnotοὐκG3756AdverbneedΧρείανG5532Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularyouὑμῶνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural
Verse 22

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On the contraryἀλλὰG235Conjunction. . .πολλῷG4183Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular. . .μᾶλλονG3123AdverbtheτὰG3588Article - Nominative Neuter PluralpartsμέληG3196Noun - Nominative Neuter Pluralof theτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Neuter SingularbodyσώματοςG4983Noun - Genitive Neuter Singularthat seemδοκοῦνταG1380Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Neuter Pluralto beὑπάρχεινG5225Verb - Present Infinitive ActiveweakerἀσθενέστεραG772Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural - ComparativeareἐστινG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularindispensableἀναγκαῖάG316Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural
Verse 23

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andκαὶG2532ConjunctiontheG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Neuter Singular[parts]σώματοςG4983Noun - Genitive Neuter Singularwe considerδοκοῦμενG1380Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural. . .εἶναιG1510Verb - Present Infinitive Activeless honorableἀτιμότεραG820Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural - Comparative-τούτοιςG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Neuter Pluralwe treatπεριτίθεμενG4060Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Pluralwith greaterπερισσοτέρανG4053Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular - ComparativehonorτιμὴνG5092Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularAndκαὶG2532ConjunctionourἡμῶνG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural-τὰG3588Article - Nominative Neuter Pluralunpresentable [parts]ἀσχήμοναG809Adjective - Nominative Neuter Pluralare treated withἔχειG2192Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularspecialπερισσοτέρανG4053Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular - ComparativemodestyεὐσχημοσύνηνG2157Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Verse 24

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whereasδὲG1161ConjunctionourἡμῶνG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural-τὰG3588Article - Nominative Neuter Pluralpresentable [parts]εὐσχήμοναG2158Adjective - Nominative Neuter PluralhaveἔχειG2192Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singularno [such]οὐG3756AdverbneedχρείανG5532Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularButἈλλὰG235Conjunction-G3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularGodθεὸςG2316Noun - Nominative Masculine Singularhas composedσυνεκέρασενG4786Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingulartheτὸG3588Article - Accusative Neuter SingularbodyσῶμαG4983Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular[and] has givenδοὺςG1325Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingulargreaterπερισσοτέρανG4053Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular - ComparativehonorτιμήνG5092Noun - Accusative Feminine Singularto the [parts]τῷG3588Article - Dative Neuter Singularthat lacked itὑστερουμένῳG5302Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Dative Neuter Singular
Verse 25

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so thatἵναG2443Conjunctionthere should beG1510Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person SingularnoμὴG3361AdverbdivisionσχίσμαG4978Noun - Nominative Neuter SingularinἐνG1722PrepositiontheτῷG3588Article - Dative Neuter SingularbodyσώματιG4983Noun - Dative Neuter Singularbut thatἀλλὰG235Conjunction[its]τὰG3588Article - Nominative Neuter PluralmembersμέληG3196Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural{should have}τὸG3588Article - Accusative Neuter SingularmutualαὐτὸG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Neuter 3rd Person SingularconcernμεριμνῶσινG3309Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person PluralforὑπὲρG5228Prepositionone anotherἀλλήλωνG240Personal / Reciprocal Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Verse 26

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-καὶG2532ConjunctionIfεἴτεG1535ConjunctiononeἓνG1520Adjective - Nominative Neuter SingularpartμέλοςG3196Noun - Nominative Neuter SingularsuffersπάσχειG3958Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingulareveryπάνταG3956Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural-τὰG3588Article - Nominative Neuter PluralpartμέληG3196Noun - Nominative Neuter Pluralsuffers with [it]συμπάσχειG4841Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularifεἴτεG1535ConjunctiononeἓνG1520Adjective - Nominative Neuter SingularpartμέλοςG3196Noun - Nominative Neuter Singularis honoredδοξάζεταιG1392Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person SingulareveryπάνταG3956Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural-τὰG3588Article - Nominative Neuter PluralpartμέληG3196Noun - Nominative Neuter Pluralrejoices with [it]συνχαίρειG4796Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular

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