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.
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Related Verses
“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 the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.”
“If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?”
“And if they were all one member, where were the body?”
“But now are they many members, yet but one body.”