Love one another deeply as brothers and sisters. Take the lead in honouring one another.
1 Corinthians 12:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised And if the ear should say, ‘Because I’m not an eye, I don’t belong to the body’, it is not for that reason any less a part of the body. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If the ear should say, Because I am not the eye, I do not belong to the body, would it be therefore not [a part] of the body? American Standard Version (1901) And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; it is not therefore not of the body. Common English Bible If the ear says, “I’m not part of the body because I’m not an eye,” does that mean it’s not part of the body? Catholic Public Domain Version And if the ear were to say, "Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body," would it then not be of the body? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And if the ear should say, because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? |
Love one another deeply as brothers and sisters. Take the lead in honouring one another.
For by the grace given to me, I tell everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he should think. Instead, think sensibly, as God has distributed a measure of faith to each one.
If the foot should say, ‘Because I’m not a hand, I don’t belong to the body’, it is not for that reason any less a part of the body.
If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?
On the contrary, those parts of the body that are weaker are indispensable.
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves.