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Romans 12:4

In Romans 12 of Romans.

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

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καθάπερkathaperasκαθάπερconjunction — “as”G2509even as, just as.asγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inἑνὶhenioneεἷς (heis)adjective, dative, singular, neuter — “one”, the to- or for-formG1520one.oneσώματιsōmatibodyσῶμα (sōma)noun, dative, singular, neuter — “body”, the to- or for-formG4983body, flesh; the body of the Church.This verse uses “body”.bodyπολλὰpollamuchπολύς (polus)adjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “much”, the object formG4183much, many; often.This verse uses “much”.μέληmelēmembersμέλος (melos)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “members”, the object formG3196a bodily organ, limb, member.membersἔχομενechomenhaveἔχω (echō)verb, present active indicative, 1st person plural — “have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.haveτὰtatheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.μέληmelēmemberμέλος (melos)noun, nominative, plural, neuter — “member”, the subject formG3196a bodily organ, limb, member.This verse uses “member”.πάνταpantaallπᾶς (pas)adjective, nominative, plural, neuter — “all”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.οὐounotοὐadverb — “not”G3756no, not.notτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.αὐτὴνautēnsameαὐτός (autos)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “same”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “same”.the sameἔχειecheito haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.πρᾶξινpraxinofficeπρᾶξις (praxis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “office”, the object formG4234(a) a doing, action, mode of action; plur: deeds, acts, (b) function, business.office

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

For, as in one body we have many members, but all the members have not the same office;

Douay-Rheims

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

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