1 Corinthians 12:21
And the eye cannot say vnto the hand, I haue no neede of thee: nor the head againe to the feete, I haue no neede of you.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
20But now are there many members, yet but one body.
22Yea, much rather those members of the body, which seeme to be more feeble, are necessarie.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:32Then Dauid said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meete me.
Nehemiah 4:16And from that day, halfe of the yong men did the labour, and the other halfe part of them helde the speares, and shieldes, and bowes, and habergins: and the rulers stoode behinde all the house of Iudah.
1 Corinthians 12:17If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smellling?
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 →