1 Corinthians 12:16
Or if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body," would it be any less a part of the body?
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
17If the whole body were an eye, where were hearing? If all were hearing, where were smelling?
Cross References
Romans 12:10As for brotherly love, be tenderly affectionate one to another, in honor preferring one another.
Philippians 2:3Do nothing out of strife, nothing out of vanity, but let each one in true humility consider the others to be of more account 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 →