1 Corinthians 12:14

The human body, I repeat, consists not of one part, but of many.

Open English Bible (US)

In The King James Version

For the body is not one member, but many.

In Context

13for it was by one Spirit that we were all baptized to form one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free, and were all imbued with one Spirit.

15If the foot says ‘Since I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,’ it does not because of that cease to belong to the body.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 12:19If, however, they all made up only one part, where would the body be?

Ephesians 4:25Since, therefore, you have cast off what is false, you must every one of you speak the truth to your neighbors. For we are united to one another like the parts of a body.

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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