1Corinthians:12:12-28
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For just as the body is one and has many members ,
and all the members of the body ,
though many ,
are one body ,
so it is with Christ .
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For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body--Jews or Greeks ,
slaves or free--and all were made to drink of one Spirit .
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For the body does not consist of one member but of many .
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If the foot should 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 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 .
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If the whole body were an eye ,
where would be the hearing ?
If the whole body were an ear ,
where would be the sense of smell ?
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But as it is ,
God arranged the organs in the body ,
each one of them ,
as he chose .
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If all were a single organ ,
where would the body be ?
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As it is ,
there are many parts ,
yet one body .
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The eye cannot say to the hand , "
I have no need of you ,"
nor again the head to the feet , "
I have no need of you ."
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On the contrary ,
the parts of the body which seem to be weaker are indispensable ,
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and those parts of the body which we think less honorable we invest with the greater honor ,
and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty ,
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which our more presentable parts do not require .
But God has so composed the body ,
giving the greater honor to the inferior part ,
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that there may be no discord in the body ,
but that the members may have the same care for one another .
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If one member suffers ,
all suffer together ;
if one member is honored ,
all rejoice together .
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Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it .
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And God has appointed in the church first apostles ,
second prophets ,
third teachers ,
then workers of miracles ,
then healers ,
helpers ,
administrators ,
speakers in various kinds of tongues .