1 Corinthians 12:21

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I do not need you,” or again, the head [cannot say] to the feet, “I do not need you.”

Cross References

1 Corinthians 12:17

If the whole body were an eye, how could it hear? If the whole body were an ear, how could it smell?

1 Corinthians 12:20

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

1 Corinthians 12:22

On the contrary, those parts of the body which seem to be weaker [i.e., delicate organs like the heart, lungs, kidneys, etc.] are necessary [for life].