1 Corinthians 12:21
and an eye is not able to say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”
Literal Standard Version
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In Context
20And now, indeed, [are] many members, but one body;
22But much more the members of the body seeming to be weaker are necessary,
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:32And David says to Abigail, “Blessed [is] YHWH, God of Israel, who has sent you to meet me this day,
Nehemiah 4:16indeed, it comes to pass, from that day, half of my servants are working in the business, and half of them are keeping hold of both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the heads [are] behind all the house of Judah.
1 Corinthians 12:17If the whole body [were] an eye, where the hearing? If the whole 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 →