"For the body is not one member, but many." — 1 Corinthians 12:14

1 Corinthians 12:14 · KJV

“For the body is not one member, but many.”

— 1 Corinthians 12:14

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. {Gentiles: Gr. Greeks}

Verse 15

If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?

1 Corinthians 12 — Context

For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also {is} Christ.

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. {Gentiles: Gr. Greeks}

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?

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?

Cross References

1 Corinthians 12:27-28

Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

1 Corinthians 12:12

For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also {is} Christ.

1 Corinthians 12:19

And if they were all one member, where {were} the body?

Ephesians 4:25

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.