012:015 Were the foot to say, "Because I am not a hand I am not a part
of the body," that would not make it any the less a part
of the body.
012:016 Or were the ear to say, "Because I am not an eye, I am not
a part of the body," that would not make it any the less
a part of the body.
012:017 If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be?
If the whole body were an ear, where would the nostrils be?
012:018 But, as a matter of fact, God has arranged the parts in the body—
every one of them—as He has seen fit.
012:019 If they were all one part, where would the body be?
012:020 But, as a matter of fact, there are many parts and but one body.
012:021 It is also impossible for the eye to say to the hand, "I do not need you;" or again for the head to say to the feet, "I do not need you."
012:022 No, it is quite otherwise. Even those parts of the body which are apparently somewhat feeble are yet indispensable;
012:023 and those which we deem less honorable we clothe with more abundant honor; and so our ungraceful parts come to have a more abundant grace, while our graceful parts have everything they need.
012:024 But it was God who built up the body, and bestowed more abundant honor on the part that felt the need,