But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body, just as he desired.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 Corinthians 12:18 in context
1 Corinthians 12:15–21
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If 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.
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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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If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the smelling be?
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But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body, just as he desired.
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If they were all one member, where would the body be?
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But now they are many members, but one body.
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The eye can’t tell the hand, “I have no need for you,” or again the head to the feet, “I have no need for you.”
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