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Forγὰρjust asκαθάπερinἐνoneἑνὶbodyσώματιwe haveἔχομενmanyπολλὰmembers,μέληandδὲallπάνταthe membersτὰ μέληdo notοὐhaveἔχειthe sameτὴν αὐτὴνfunction,πρᾶξιν
Romans 12:4
Study it in the app“For just as in one body we have many members, and all the members do not have the same function,”
One body with many members: each serves with the gift receivedThe Holy SpiritEach member of the body has a different functionPurposeEach with a different gift, all part of the same bodyThe Church and Community
With the Greek beneath
Romans 12:4, word by word
- just asκαθάπερkathaper
just as
"Just as", "even as".
Where else “kathaper” appears- oneἑνὶheni
single
Just one, or united as one.
Where else “heni” appears- bodyσώματιsōmati
body
The person in his physical part, living or dead.
Where else “sōmati” appears- we haveἔχομενechomen
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echomen” appears- manyπολλὰpolla
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “polla” appears- membersμέληmelē
member
A part of the body.
Where else “melē” appears- functionπρᾶξινpraxin
deed, function
A deed, what someone does, conduct; also a function or task.
Where else “praxin” appears
The context
3For by the grace given to me I say to everyone who is among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think, but to think so as to think soberly, as God has assigned to each a measure of faith.
4 · This verse (above)
5so we, the many, are one body in the Messiah, and individually members of one another.
To study Romans 12 in a group
1. What it says
What does Paul ask in vv. 1-2, and what does he say about the mind?
2. What it means
What does it mean to you not to be conformed to this age but to be transformed by the renewal of the mind? (v. 2)
3. How I live it
Paul says: "If possible, as far as it depends on you, be at peace with all people" (v. 18). With whom can you take a step toward peace?