And if the ear says, “Since I’m not an eye, I’m not part of the body,” is it for this reason any less part of the body?
Be tenderly devoted to one another in brotherly love; outdo one another in giving honor.
For through the grace given me, I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of yourself than you ought to think—but to use sound judgment, as God has assigned to each person a measure of faith.
If the foot says, “Since I’m not a hand, I’m not part of the body,” is it therefore not part of the body?
If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be?
On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be less important are indispensable.
Do nothing out of selfishness or conceit, but with humility consider others as more important than yourselves,