Parallel Verses
Amplified
But now [as things really are], God has placed and arranged the parts in the body, each one of them, just as He willed and saw fit [with the best balance of function].
New American Standard Bible
But now God has
King James Version
But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
Holman Bible
But now God has placed each one of the parts in one body just as He wanted.
International Standard Version
But now God has arranged the parts, every one of them, in the body according to his plan.
A Conservative Version
But now God has placed the parts, each one of them, in the body just as he intended.
American Standard Version
But now hath God set the members each one of them in the body, even as it pleased him.
An Understandable Version
But the way it is, God has placed each individual part in the human body just as it pleased Him.
Anderson New Testament
But now God has placed the members, each of them, in the body, as it has pleased him.
Bible in Basic English
But now God has put every one of the parts in the body as it was pleasing to him.
Common New Testament
But now God has arranged the members in the body, each one of them, just as he desired.
Daniel Mace New Testament
now God disposed every one of the members in the body as he thought fit.
Darby Translation
But now God has set the members, each one of them in the body, according as it has pleased him.
Goodspeed New Testament
As it is, God has arranged the parts, every one of them in the body as he wished them to be.
John Wesley New Testament
But now hath God set the members, every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
Julia Smith Translation
And now has God set the members each one of them in the body, as he would.
King James 2000
But now has God set the members every one of them in the body, as it has pleased him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body just as he wanted.
Modern King James verseion
But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body as it has pleased Him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But now hath God disposed the members, every one of them in the body, at his own pleasure.
Moffatt New Testament
As it is, God has set the members in the body, each as it pleased him.
Montgomery New Testament
But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body as it has pleased him.
NET Bible
But as a matter of fact, God has placed each of the members in the body just as he decided.
New Heart English Bible
But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body, just as he desired.
Noyes New Testament
But as it is, God set the members every one of them in the body, as it pleased him.
Sawyer New Testament
But now God has placed the members each one of them in the body, as he pleased.
The Emphasized Bible
But, now, hath God set the members, each one of them in the body, even as he pleased.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But now hath God placed the members, every one of them in the body, as he hath chosen.
Twentieth Century New Testament
But in fact God has placed each individual part just where he thought fit in the body.
Webster
But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
Weymouth New Testament
But, as a matter of fact, God has arranged the parts in the body--every one of them--as He has seen fit.
Williams New Testament
But as it now is, God has placed the parts, every one of them, in the body just as He wanted them to be.
World English Bible
But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body, just as he desired.
Worrell New Testament
But, as it is, God did set the members, each one of them in the body, even as He willed.
Worsley New Testament
But now God hath placed the members, every one of them in the body, as He pleased.
Youngs Literal Translation
and now, God did set the members each one of them in the body, according as He willed,
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Word Count of 36 Translations in 1 Corinthians 12:18
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Context Readings
Unity In The Midst Of Diversity
17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole [body] were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? 18 But now [as things really are], God has placed and arranged the parts in the body, each one of them, just as He willed and saw fit [with the best balance of function]. 19 If they all were a single organ, where would [the rest of] the body be?
Cross References
1 Corinthians 12:11
All these things [the gifts, the achievements, the abilities, the empowering] are brought about by one and the same [Holy] Spirit, distributing to each one individually just as He chooses.
1 Corinthians 12:28
So God has appointed and placed in the church [for His own use]: first apostles [chosen by Christ], second prophets [those who foretell the future, those who speak a new message from God to the people], third teachers, then those who work miracles, then those with the gifts of healings, the helpers, the administrators, and speakers in various kinds of [unknown] tongues.
Romans 12:3
For by the grace [of God] given to me I say to everyone of you not to think more highly of himself [and of his importance and ability] than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has apportioned to each a degree of faith [and a purpose designed for service].
1 Corinthians 3:5
What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Just servants through whom you believed [in Christ], even as the Lord appointed to each his task.
Psalm 110:3
Your people will offer themselves willingly [to participate in Your battle] in the day of Your power;
In the splendor of holiness, from the womb of the dawn,
Your young men are to You as the dew.
Psalm 135:6
Whatever the Lord pleases, He does,
In the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all deeps—
Isaiah 46:10
Declaring the end and the result from the beginning,
And from ancient times the things which have not [yet] been done,
Saying, ‘My purpose will be established,
And I will do all that pleases Me and fulfills My purpose,’
Jonah 1:14
Then they called on the Lord and said, “Please, O Lord, do not let us perish because of taking this man’s life, and do not make us accountable for innocent blood; for You, O Lord, have done as You pleased.”
Luke 10:21
In that very hour He was overjoyed and rejoiced greatly in the Holy Spirit, and He said,
Luke 12:32
1 Corinthians 12:24
while our more presentable parts do not require it. But God has combined the [whole] body, giving greater honor to that part which lacks it,
1 Corinthians 15:38
But God gives it a body just as He planned, and to each kind of seed a body of its own [is given].
Ephesians 1:5
He predestined and lovingly planned for us to be adopted to Himself as [His own] children through Jesus Christ, in accordance with the kind intention and good pleasure of His will—
Ephesians 1:9
He made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ,
Revelation 4:11
“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power; for You created all things, and because of Your will they exist, and were created and brought into being.”