1 Corinthians 12:18-26

18But God has decided where each different part of our body should be.

19If our body was all the same part, it would not be a proper body.

20But as it is, a body has many parts. It is still only one whole body.

21For that reason, the eye cannot say to the hand, ‘I do not need you.’ And the head cannot say to the feet, ‘I do not need you.’

22No. Even the parts of a body that seem to be weaker are very necessary.

23Think about the parts of our body that are not very special. We dress them carefully! And we take special care of those parts that we do not want people to see.

24But we do not need to do this with the beautiful parts of our body. God has put all these parts together in one body. Some parts seem to be not very special. But God has shown that those parts are very valuable.

25He has done that to bring all the parts together as one body. All the parts work together to help each other.

26Then if one part of the body hurts, every other part also hurts. If people praise one part, every part of the body is also happy.