1 Corinthians 12:14-23

14For 1the body is not one part, but many.

15If the foot says, “Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason 2any less a part of the body.

16And if the ear says, “Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason 3any less a part of the body.

17If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were hearing, where would the sense of smell be?

18But now God has 4arranged the parts, each one of them in the body, 5just as He desired.

19If they were all one part, where would the body be?

20But now 6there are many parts, but one body.

21And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; or again, the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”

22On the contrary, 7it is much truer that the parts of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary;

23and those parts of the body which we 8consider less honorable, 9on these we bestow greater honor, and our less presentable parts become much more presentable,