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Selected Verse: 1 Corinthians 12:20 - Strong Concordance

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1Co 12:20 Strong Concordance But [1161] now [3568] [3303] are they many [4183] members [3196], yet but [1161] one [1520] body [4983].
  King James But now are they many members, yet but one body.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
now--as the case really is: in contrast to the supposition (Co1 12:19; compare Co1 12:18).

many members--mutually dependent.
 
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18 But [1161] now [3570] hath [5087] God [2316] set [5087] the members [3196] every [1538] one [1520] of them [846] in [1722] the body [4983], as [2531] it hath pleased him [2309].
19 And [1161] if [1487] they were [2258] all [3956] one [1520] member [3196], where [4226] were the body [4983]?