Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.
NIV
Now you [collectively] are Christ's body and [individually] you are members of it, each part severally and distinct [each with his own place and function].
AMP
Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
KJV
But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ's triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere.
NIV
But thanks be to God, Who in Christ always leads us in triumph [as trophies of Christ's victory] and through us spreads and makes evident the fragrance of the knowledge of God everywhere
AMP
Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
KJV
Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.
NIV
For Christ is the end of the Law [the limit at which it ceases to be, for the Law leads up to Him Who is the fulfillment of its types, and in Him the purpose which it was designed to accomplish is fulfilled. That is, the purpose of the Law is fulfilled in Him] as the means of righteousness (right relationship to God) for everyone who trusts in and adheres to and relies on Him.
AMP
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
KJV
Am I now trying to win human approval, or God's approval? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
NIV
Now am I trying to win the favor of men, or of God? Do I seek to please men? If I were still seeking popularity with men, I should not be a bond servant of Christ (the Messiah).
AMP
For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
KJV
Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because those who have suffered in their bodies are done with sin.
NIV
SO, SINCE Christ suffered in the flesh for us, for you, arm yourselves with the same thought and purpose [patiently to suffer rather than fail to please God]. For whoever has suffered in the flesh [having the mind of Christ] is done with [intentional] sin [has stopped pleasing himself and the world, and pleases God]AMP
Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
KJV
I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far
NIV
But I am hard pressed between the two. My yearning desire is to depart (to be free of this world, to set forth) and be with Christ, for that is far, far better
AMP
For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
KJV
So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love
NIV
May Christ through your faith [actually] dwell (settle down, abide, make His permanent home) in your hearts! May you be rooted deep in love and founded securely on love
AMP
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
KJV
So it is written: "The first Adam became a living being"; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.
NIV
Thus it is written, The first man Adam became a living being (an individual personality); the last Adam (Christ) became a life-giving Spirit [restoring the dead to life]. [Gen. 2:7.]AMP
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
KJV
