1 Corinthians 12:21
The eye cannot say to the hand, I have not need of thee; or again, the head to the feet, I have not need of you.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
20But now the members [are] many, and the body one.
22But much rather, the members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary;
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:32And David said to Abigail, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me.
Nehemiah 4:16And from that time forth the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held the spears, and the shields, and the bows, and the corslets; and the captains were behind all the house of Judah.
1 Corinthians 12:17If the whole body [were] an eye, where the hearing? if all hearing, where 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 →