1 Corinthians 12:12-25 (New American Standard)
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For even 1as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, 2so also is Christ.
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For a3by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether 4Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to 5drink of one Spirit.
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For 6the body is not one member, but many.
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If the foot says, "Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body," it is not for this reason bany the less a part of the body.
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And if the ear says, "Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body," it is not for this reason cany the less a part of the body.
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If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be?
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But now God has 7placed the members, each one of them, in the body, 8just as He desired.
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If they were all one member, where would the body be?
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But now 9there are many members, but one body.
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And 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."
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On the contrary, dit is much truer that the members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary ;
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and those members of the body which we edeem less honorable, fon these we bestow more abundant honor, and our less presentable members become much more presentable,
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whereas our more presentable members have no need of it. But God has so composed the body, giving more abundant honor to that member which lacked,
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so that there may be no gdivision in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another.
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