1 Corinthians 12:16

New English Translation

And if the ear says, “Since I am not an eye, I am not part of the body,” it does not lose its membership in the body because of that.

Cross References

Romans 12:10

Be devoted to one another with mutual love, showing eagerness in honoring one another.

Romans 12:3

For by the grace given to me I say to every one of you not to think more highly of yourself than you ought to think, but to think with sober discernment, as God has distributed to each of you a measure of faith.

1 Corinthians 12:15

If the foot says, “Since I am not a hand, I am not part of the body,” it does not lose its membership in the body because of that.

1 Corinthians 12:17

If the whole body were an eye, what part would do the hearing? If the whole were an ear, what part would exercise the sense of smell?

1 Corinthians 12:22

On the contrary, those members that seem to be weaker are essential,

Philippians 2:3

Instead of being motivated by selfish ambition or vanity, each of you should, in humility, be moved to treat one another as more important than yourself.