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1 Corinthians 12:21

The eye is not able to say to the hand, Thou art not needful to me; nor is the hand able to say to the feet, You are not needful to me.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

20But now the members are many, but the body one.

22But those members which are considered to be feeble, of them is the more especial need;

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 12:17For if the whole body were the eye, where would be the hearing? And 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 →

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