1 Corinthians 12:12-22

Devotionals, Articles, and Bible Study Resources on 1 Corinthians 12:12-22

¹²The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.

¹³For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.

          14For the body does not consist of one part, but of many.
          15If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.
          16And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.
          17If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?

          18But in fact, God has arranged the members of the body, every one of them, according to His design.
          19If they were all one part, where would the body be?
          20As it is, there are many parts, but one body.

²¹The eye cannot say to the hand, “I do not need you.” Nor can the head say to the feet, “I do not need you.”

²²On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,

— 1 Corinthians 12:12-22

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