1 Corinthians 12:16

American Standard Version

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

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1 Corinthians 12:16 in other translations

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.

1 Corinthians 12:16 · World English Bible

1 Corinthians 12:16 in context

  1. 14For the body is not one member, but many.
  2. 15If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; it is not therefore not of the body.
  3. 16And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; it is not therefore not of the body.
  4. 17If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
  5. 18But now hath God set the members each one of them in the body, even as it pleased him.