1 Corinthians 12:21
And the eye cannot say to the hand: I need not thy help; nor again the head to the feet: I have no need of you.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
20But now there are many members indeed, yet one body.
22Yea, much more those that seem to be the more feeble members of the body, are more necessary.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:32And David said to Abigail: Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me, and blessed be thy speech:
Nehemiah 4:16And it came to pass from that day forward, that half of their young men did the work, and half were ready for to fight, with spears, and shields, and bows, and coats of mail, and the rulers were behind them in all the house of Juda.
1 Corinthians 12:17If the whole body were the eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were 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 →