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1 Corinthians 12
1 Corinthians 12:16
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1 Corinthians 12:16
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And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body.
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1 Corinthians 12:17
1 Corinthians 12:16 in Other Translations
KJV
16
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?
ESV
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And 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.
NLT
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And if the ear says, “I am not part of the body because I am not an eye,” would that make it any less a part of the body?
MSG
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If Ear said, "I'm not beautiful like Eye, limpid and expressive; I don't deserve a place on the head," would you want to remove it from the body?
CSB
16
And if the ear should say, "Because I'm not an eye, I don't belong to the body," in spite of this it still belongs to the body.
1 Corinthians 12:16 In-Context
14
Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.
15
Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body.
16
And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body.
17
If 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?
18
But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be.
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