GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New International Version NIV
20 So there are many parts but one body.
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As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
21 An eye can't say to a hand, "I don't need you!" Or again, the head can't say to the feet, "I don't need you!"
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The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!”
22 The opposite is true. The parts of the body that we think are weaker are the ones we really need.
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On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,
23 The parts of the body that we think are less honorable are the ones we give special honor. So our unpresentable parts are made more presentable.
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and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty,
24 However, our presentable parts don't need this kind of treatment. God has put the body together and given special honor to the part that doesn't have it.
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while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it,
25 God's purpose was that the body should not be divided but rather that all of its parts should feel the same concern for each other.
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so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other.
26 If one part of the body suffers, all the other parts share its suffering. If one part is praised, all the others share in its happiness.
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If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
27 You are Christ's body and each of you is an individual part of it.
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Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.
28 In the church God has appointed first apostles, next prophets, third teachers, then those who perform miracles, then those who have the gift of healing, then those who help others, those who are managers, and those who can speak in a number of languages.
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And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues.
29 Not all believers are apostles, are they? Are all of them prophets? Do all of them teach? Do all of them perform miracles
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Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?
30 or have gifts of healing? Can all of them speak in other languages or interpret languages?
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Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues ? Do all interpret?
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