Bible verse
And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.
1 Corinthians 12:16 · BSB
The verses around it, from 1 Corinthians 12.
12 The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.
13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.
14 For the body does not consist of one part, but of many.
15 If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.
16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.
17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?
18 But in fact, God has arranged the members of the body, every one of them, according to His design.
19 If they were all one part, where would the body be?
20 As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
KJV
And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
ASV
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.
ERV
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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