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1 Corinthians 12:21

The eye can't tell the hand, “I don't need you,” or the head tell the feet, “I don't need you.”

Free Bible Version

In The King James Version

And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.

In Context

20However, since there are many parts, they make up the body.

22Quite the opposite: some of those parts of the body that seem the most insignificant are the most essential.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 25:32Then David said to Abigail, “Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent you to meet me today!

Nehemiah 4:16From then on, half of my men were doing the work while the other half were ready to fight, holding their spears, shields, bows, and armor. The leaders stood behind all the people of Judah

1 Corinthians 12:17If the whole body was an eye, how could you hear anything? If the whole body was an ear, how could you smell anything?

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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