God’s Word Translation
1 Corinthians 12:13
13By one Spirit we were all baptized into one body. Whether we are Jewish or Greek, slave or free, God gave all of us one Spirit to drink.
1 Corinthians 12:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
- New International Version (NIV)For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into one Spirit.
Context of 1 Corinthians 12:13
11There is only one Spirit who does all these things by giving what God wants to give to each person. 12For example, the body is one unit and yet has many parts. As all the parts form one body, so it is with Christ. By one Spirit we were all baptized into one body. Whether we are Jewish or Greek, slave or free, God gave all of us one Spirit to drink. 14As you know, the human body is not made up of only one part, but of many parts. 15Suppose a foot says, “I’m not a hand, so I’m not part of the body!” Would that mean it’s no longer part of the body?
Read all of 1 Corinthians 121 Corinthians 12:13 word by word
καὶ γὰρ ἐν ἑνὶ πνεύματι ἡμεῖς πάντες εἰς ἓν σῶμα ἐβαπτίσθημεν, εἴτε Ἰουδαῖοι εἴτε Ἕλληνες εἴτε δοῦλοι εἴτε ἐλεύθεροι, καὶ πάντες ἓν πνεῦμα ἐποτίσθημεν.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·καίkai · andG2532
- Forγάρgar · forG1063
- byἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- oneεἷςheis · oneG1520
- Spiritπνεῦμαpneuma · spirit/breath: spiritG4151
- areβαπτίζωbaptizō · to baptizeG907
- weἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- allπᾶςpas · allG3956
- intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
- bodyσῶμαsōma · bodyG4983
- whetherεἴτεeite · whetherG1535
- JewsἸουδαῖοςIoudaios · JewG2453
- GentilesἝλλην=ἝλληνHellēn · Greek, GentileG1672
- bondδοῦλοςdoulos · slaveG1401
- freeἐλεύθεροςeleutheros · free/freedomG1658
- have beenποτίζωpotizō · to waterG4222
Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 12:13
- 1 Corinthians 10:2They were all united with Moses by baptism in the cloud and in the sea.
- Isaiah 44:3I will pour water on thirsty ground and rain on dry land. I will pour my Spirit on your offspring and my blessing on your descendants.
- Ezekiel 36:25I will sprinkle clean water on you and make you clean instead of unclean. Then I will cleanse you from all your idols.
- Matthew 3:11I baptize you with water so that you will change the way you think and act. But the one who comes after me is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to remove his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
- Luke 3:16John replied to all of them, “I baptize you with water. But the one who is more powerful than I is coming. I am not worthy to untie his sandal straps. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
- John 1:16Each of us has received one gift after another because of all that the Word is.
- John 3:5Jesus answered Nicodemus, “I can guarantee this truth: No one can enter God’s kingdom without being born of water and the Spirit.
- Acts 1:5John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”
- Romans 6:3Don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
- Romans 8:9But if God’s Spirit lives in you, you are under the control of your spiritual nature, not your corrupt nature. Whoever doesn’t have the Spirit of Christ doesn’t belong to him.
- Ephesians 4:5There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
- Ephesians 5:26He did this to make the church holy by cleansing it, washing it using water along with spoken words.
- Colossians 2:11In him you were also circumcised. It was not a circumcision performed by human hands. But it was a removal of the corrupt nature in the circumcision performed by Christ.
- 1 Peter 3:21Baptism, which is like that water, now saves you. Baptism doesn’t save by removing dirt from the body. Rather, baptism is a request to God for a clear conscience. It saves you through Jesus Christ, who came back from death to life.
- Romans 3:29Is God only the God of the Jews? Isn’t he also the God of people who are not Jewish? Certainly, he is,
- Romans 4:11Abraham’s faith was the basis of his approval by God while he was still uncircumcised. The mark of circumcision is the seal of that approval. Therefore, he is the father of every believer who is not circumcised, and their faith, too, is regarded as the basis of their approval by God.
Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 12:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13For by one Spirit are we all baptized, etc. - As the body of man, though composed of many members, is informed and influenced by one soul; so the Church of Christ, which is his body, though composed of many members, is informed and influenced by one Spirit, the Holy Ghost; actuating and working by his spiritual body, as the human soul does in the body of man. To drink into one Spirit - We are to understand being made partakers of the gifts and graces of…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13For by one Spirit - That is, by the agency or operation of the same Spirit, the Holy Spirit, we have been united into one body. The idea here is the same as that presented above 1 Corinthians 12:7, 1 Corinthians 12:11, by which all the endowments of Christians are traced to the same Spirit. Paul here says, that that Spirit had so endowed them as to fit them to constitute one body, or to be united in one, and to perform the various duties which resulted…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-26Verses 12-26 Christ and his church form one body, as Head and members. Christians become members of this body by baptism. The outward rite is of Divine institution; it is a sign of the new birth, and is called therefore the washing of regeneration, Tit 3:5. But it is by the Spirit, only by the renewing of the Holy Ghost, that we are made members of Christ's body. And by communion with Christ at the Lord's supper, we are strengthened, not by drinking the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13Ethnic and social differences do not matter in the church (see Galatians 3:28; Colossians 3:11). For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body: Water baptism represents a spiritual baptism. In this, the Holy Spirit unites the believer with Christ and the church.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1312-13. Unity, not unvarying uniformity, is the law of God in the world of grace, as in that of nature. As the many members of the body compose an organic whole and none can be dispensed with as needless, so those variously gifted by the Spirit, compose a spiritual organic whole, the body of Christ, into which all are baptized by the one Spirit. of that one body--Most of the oldest manuscripts omit "one." so also is Christ--that is, the whole Christ, the…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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