1 Corinthians 12:21 KJV — MannaFest

1 Corinthians 12:21

And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.

KJV

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ASV

And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee: or again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.

WEB

The eye cannot say to the hand, “I do not need you.” Nor can the head say to the feet, “I do not need you.”

YLT

and an eye is not able to say to the hand, `I have no need of thee;' nor again the head to the feet, `I have no need of you.'

DBT

The eye cannot say to the hand, I have not need of thee; or again, the head to the feet, I have not need of you.

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1 Corinthians — A pastoral letter answering a long list of questions and problems — unity, ethics, worship, and the resurrection — written to a gifted but divided church.

Author: Paul, with Sosthenes (1:1)
Date: c. AD 55, from Ephesus

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11 verses on the floor

Proverbs 22:2
The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.
Judges 13:23
But his wife said unto him, If the Lord were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these.
Nehemiah 4:16–21
And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
Ezra 10:1–5
Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.
1 Corinthians 12:17
If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?

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He tells us that the church is the body of Christ, and the members are variously gifted for the benefit of the whole body, and each particular member,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Every member serves some good purpose or other: it is useful to its fellow-members, and necessary to the good state of the whole body. Nor is there a member of the body of Christ but may and ought to be useful to his fellow-members, and at some times, and in some cases, is needful to them.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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