<p>12:20 <i>But now they are many members, but one body- </i>&quot;But now&quot; would imply that Paul saw them as right then at that moment a functional body. They were not &quot;now&quot; just a few members with effectively no body; they were many members in one body. This is one of many examples of where Paul counts the dysfunctional Corinthians as mature in Christ when in reality they were not.</p>