1 Corinthians 12:15
13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
14 For the body is not one member, but many.
If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
16 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?
17 If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
- WEB
- If the foot would say, “Because I’m not the hand, I’m not part of the body,” it is not therefore not part of the body.
- ASV
- If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; it is not therefore not of the body.
- DARBY
- If the foot say, Because I am not a hand I am not of the body, is it on account of this not indeed of the body?
- BLB
- If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body,” not on account of this is it not of the body.
- ÅB
- Om foten sier: Fordi jeg ikke er hånd, hører jeg ikke med til legemet, så hører den like fullt med til legemet;
- OTB
- Om foten sier: "Fordi jeg ikke er en hånd, hører jeg ikke til kroppen," er den ikke av den grunn mindre en del av kroppen.
- B1930
- Om foten sier: Fordi jeg ikke er hånd, hører jeg ikke med til legemet, så hører den like fullt med til legemet;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Judges 9:8–15
The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.
Read in context2 Kings 14:9
And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
Read in context