1 Corinthians 12:16

And if the ear shall say: Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body, is it, for this reason, no part of the body?

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

15If the foot shall say: Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body, is it, for this reason, no part of the body?

17If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?

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Cross References

Romans 12:10in love to the brotherhood, be kindly affectionate one to another; in showing honor, be examples one to another;

Philippians 2:3doing nothing in strife and vain glory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 12:13-27

Union Recommended. ( a. d. 57.) 12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. 13 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. 14 For the body is not one member, but many. 15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? 16 And if the ear shall say, Because… Read the whole commentary →

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