1 Corinthians 12:16 BSB

1 Corinthians 12:16

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.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; it is not therefore not of the body.

KJV

And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?

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Commentary

3 voices

Thomas Aquinas

Commentary on 1 Corinthians (1274)

Secondly, he uses as examples the members or powers which serve knowledge and he mentions the eye, which serves sight, and the ear, which serves hearing. For these two senses are the special servants of human knowledge: sight, indeed, in regard to discovery, because it …

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on 1 Corinthians (1107)

He presents the members of the body as speaking and murmuring that they are diminished before the other members, in order that, having demonstrated the senselessness of the murmuring of the members, he might expose those who in the Church murmur that there are some …

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Shall it hereupon disown relation to the body? Because it is not fixed in the same station, or favoured with the same gifts as others, shall it say, "I do not belong to Christ?" No, the meanest member of his body is as much a member as the noblest, and as truly regarded by him. All his members are dear to him.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἐὰν	ean	if	G1437 →
εἴπῃ	eipē	shall say	G2036 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
οὖς·	ous	ear;	G3775 →
ὅτι	hoti	Because	G3754 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
εἰμὶ	eimi	I am	G1510 →
ὀφθαλμός,	ophthalmos	an eye,	G3788 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
εἰμὶ	eimi	I am	G1510 →
ἐκ	ek	of	G1537 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
σώματος,	sōmatos	body,	G4983 →
οὐ	ou	not	G3756 →
παρὰ	para	on account of	G3844 →
τοῦτο	touto	this	G3778 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἔστιν	estin	is it	G1510 →
ἐκ	ek	of	G1537 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
σώματος;	sōmatos	body?	G4983 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Philippians 2:3
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
leads to
- Romans 12:10
  Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.
- 1 Peter 5:5
  Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Galatians 5:26
  Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.
- Ephesians 5:21
  Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
- Ephesians 4:2
  with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
Through
Romans 12:3
For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure…
leads to
- Galatians 6:3
  If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
- Philippians 2:3–8
  Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
Through
Romans 12:10
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.
leads to
- Philippians 2:3
  Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.