King James Version
1 Corinthians 12:18 in the King James Version says “But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.” — study this verse from 1 Corinthians chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.”
1 Corinthians 12:18 · KJV
And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
And if they were all one member, where were the body?
But now are they many members, yet but one body.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“God”
G2316a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)
“hath”
G5087to place (in the widest application, literally and figuratively; properly, in a passive or horizontal posture, and thus different from g2476, which pr
“of them”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“the body”
G4983the body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively
“it hath pleased him”
G2309to determine (as an active option from subjective impulse; whereas g1014 properly denotes rather a passive acquiescence in objective considerations),
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