1 Corinthians 12:12-22

Twentieth_Century(i) 12 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; 13 For it was by one Spirit that we were all baptized to form one Body, whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free men, and were all imbued with one Spirit. 14 The human body, I repeat, consists not of one part, but of many. 15 If the foot says 'Since I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,' it does not on that account cease to belong to the body. 16 Or if the ear says 'Since I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,' it does not on that account cease to belong to the body. 17 If all the body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If it were all hearing, where would the sense of smell be? 18 But in fact God has placed each individual part just where he thought fit in the body. 19 If, however, they all made up only one part, where would the body be? 20 But in fact, although it has many parts, there is only one body. 21 The eye cannot say to the hand 'I do not need you,' nor, again, the head to the feet 'I do not need you.' 22 No! Those parts of the body that seem naturally the weaker are indispensable;