1 Corinthians 12:16

If the ear would say, “Because I’m not the eye, I’m not part of the body,” it’s not therefore not part of the body.

World English Bible

In The King James Version

And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?

In Context

15If the foot would say, “Because I’m not the hand, I’m not part of the body,” it is not therefore not part of the body.

17If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the smelling be?

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Cross References

Romans 12:10In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate to one another; in honor prefer one another,

Philippians 2:3doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

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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