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If the foot would say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," that would not make it any less a part of the body.
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And if the ear would 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.
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If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were hearing, where would the sense of smell be?
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But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose.
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If all were a single member, where would the body be?
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As it is, there are many members, yet one body.
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