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1 Corinthians 12:16

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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.

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1 Corinthians 12:16 in other translations

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.

1 Corinthians 12:16 · American Standard Version

1 Corinthians 12:16 in context

  1. 14For the body is not one member, but many.
  2. 15If the foot would say, “Because I’m not the hand, I’m not part of the body,” it is not therefore not part of the body.
  3. 16If 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.
  4. 17If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the smelling be?
  5. 18But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body, just as he desired.