◄ 1 Corinthians 12:15 ►
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Good News Translation
If the foot were to say, "Because I am not a hand, I don't belong to the body," that would not keep it from being a part of the body.

New Revised Standard Version
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.

Contemporary English Version
Suppose a foot says, "I'm not a hand, and so I'm not part of the body." Wouldn't the foot still belong to the body?

New American Bible
If a foot should say, “Because I am not a hand I do not belong to the body,” it does not for this reason belong any less to the body.

Douay-Rheims Bible
If the foot should say: Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body: Is it therefore not of the Body?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

If the foot should say: Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body: Is it therefore not of the Body?

Judges 9:8-15 The trees went to anoint a king over them: and they said to the olive tree: Reign thou over us. . . .

2 Kings 14:9 And Joas, king of Israel, sent again to Amasias, king of Juda, saying: A thistle of Libanus sent to a cedar tree, which is in Libanus, saying: Give thy daughter to my son to wife. And the beasts of the forest, that are in Libanus, passed, and trod down the thistle.

Context
The Body of Christ
…14For the body also is not one member, but many. 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?…
Cross References
1 Corinthians 12:14
For the body also is not one member, but many.

1 Corinthians 12:16
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?

1 Corinthians 12:14
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