1 Corinthians 12:21
And the eye may not say to the hand, I have no need of you: or again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
20But now they are all different parts, but one body.
22No, those parts which seem to be feeble are the more necessary;
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:32And David said to Abigail, May the Lord, the God of Israel, be praised, who sent you to me today:
Nehemiah 4:16And from that time, half of my servants were doing their part of the work, and half kept the spears and body-covers and the bows and the metal war-dresses; and the chiefs were at the back of the men of Judah.
1 Corinthians 12:17If all the body was an eye, where would be the hearing? if all was hearing, where would be the smelling?
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 →