But in fact, although it has many parts, there is only one body.
So we, by our union in Christ, many though we are, form but one body, and individually we are related one to another as its parts.
For just as the human body is one whole, and yet has many parts, and all its parts, many though they are, form but one body, so it is with the Christ;
The human body, I repeat, consists not of one part, but of many.
If, however, they all made up only one part, where would the body be?
The eye cannot say to the hand 'I do not need you,' nor, again, the head to the feet 'I do not need you.'