1 Corinthians 12:21

It is also impossible for the eye to say to the hand, "I do not need you;" or again for the head to say to the feet, "I do not need you."

Weymouth NT (1912)

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, as a matter of fact, there are many parts and but one body.

22No, it is quite otherwise. Even those parts of the body which are apparently somewhat feeble are yet indispensable;

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 12:17If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the nostrils be?

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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