1 Corinthians 12:16
Good News Translation
And if the ear were to say, "Because I am not an eye, I don't belong to the body," that would not keep it from being a part of the body.

New Revised Standard Version
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.

Contemporary English Version
Or suppose an ear says, "I'm not an eye, and so I'm not part of the body." Wouldn't the ear still belong to the body?

New American Bible
Or if an ear should say, “Because I am not an eye I do not belong to the body,” it does not for this reason belong any less to the body.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And if the ear should say: Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body: Is it therefore not of the body?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And if the ear should say: Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body: Is it therefore not of the body?

is it.

1 Corinthians 12:16,22 And if the ear should say: Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body: Is it therefore not of the body? . . .

Romans 12:3,10 For I say, by the grace that is given me, to all that are among you, not to be more wise than it behoveth to be wise, but to be wise unto sobriety and according as God hath divided to every one the measure of faith. . . .

Philippians 2:3 Let nothing be done through contention: neither by vain glory. But in humility, let each esteem others better than themselves:

Context
The Body of Christ
15If the foot should say: Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body: Is it therefore not of the Body? 16And if the ear should say: Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body: Is it therefore not of the body? 17If the whole body were the eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling?…
Cross References
1 Corinthians 12:15
If the foot should say: Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body: Is it therefore not of the Body?

1 Corinthians 12:17
If the whole body were the eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling?

1 Corinthians 12:15
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