1 Corinthians 12:16
“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?”
For the body is not one member, but many.
If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
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.
Counter-Arguments
The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.
Cross-References
“For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.”
“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.”
“Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;”
“Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.”
“Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:”