1 Corinthians 12:14

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

For the human body is not made up of [only] one part, but of many parts.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 12:12

For [just] as the human body is one [unit], made up of many parts, and all the many parts make up a single body, so it is with Christ. [Note: Just as a human body is a single unit and Christ is a single being, so the members of His body, the church, constitute one body. See verses 27-28].

1 Corinthians 12:15

If the foot should say, “I am not part of the body because I am not the hand,” that does not mean it is not part of the body [does it?].

1 Corinthians 12:19

And if all the parts were one part, how could there be a [whole] body?

1 Corinthians 12:20

But the way it is, there are many parts, but one body.

Ephesians 4:25

So then, put away lying and [Zech 8:16], “Each one should speak truthfully with his neighbor,” because we are parts of one another [i.e., in the one body].