1 Corinthians 12:14

For the body is not one part, but a number of parts.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

For the body is not one member, but many.

In Context

13For through the baptism of the one Spirit we were all formed into one body, Jews or Greeks, servants or free men, and were all made full of the same Spirit.

15If the foot says, Because I am not the hand, I am not a part of the body; it is no less a part of the body.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 12:19And if they were all one part, where would the body be?

Ephesians 4:25And so, putting away false words, let everyone say what is true to his neighbour: for we are parts one of another.

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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