1 Corinthians 12:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And if the ear says, Because I am not the eye, I am not a part of the body; it is a part of the body all the same.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 12:3 : 3 But I say to every one of you, through the grace given to me, not to have an over-high opinion of himself, but to have wise thoughts, as God has given to every one a measure of faith.
  • Rom 12:10 : 10 Be kind to one another with a brother's love, putting others before yourselves in honour;
  • 1 Cor 12:22 : 22 No, those parts which seem to be feeble are the more necessary;
  • Phil 2:3 : 3 Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be better than himself;

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    14For the body is not one part, but a number of parts.

    15If the foot says, Because I am not the hand, I am not a part of the body; it is no less a part of the body.

  • 1 Cor 12:17-27
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    17If all the body was an eye, where would be the hearing? if all was hearing, where would be the smelling?

    18But now God has put every one of the parts in the body as it was pleasing to him.

    19And if they were all one part, where would the body be?

    20But now they are all different parts, but one body.

    21And the eye may not say to the hand, I have no need of you: or again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.

    22No, those parts which seem to be feeble are the more necessary;

    23And to those parts of the body which seem to have less honour we give all the more honour; and to those parts of the body which are a cause of shame to us we give the greater respect;

    24But those parts of the body which are beautiful have no need of such care: and so the body has been joined together by God in such a way as to give more honour to those parts which had need of it;

    25So that there might be no division in the body; but all the parts might have the same care for one another.

    26And if there is pain in one part of the body, all the parts will be feeling it; or if one part is honoured, all the parts will be glad.

    27Now you are the body of Christ, and every one of you the separate parts of it.

  • 1 Cor 12:12
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    12For as the body is one, and has a number of parts, and all the parts make one body, so is Christ.

  • Rom 12:4-5
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    4For, as we have a number of parts in one body, but all the parts have not the same use,

    5So we, though we are a number of persons, are one body in Christ, and are dependent on one another;

  • Matt 6:22-23
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    22The light of the body is the eye; if then your eye is true, all your body will be full of light.

    23But if your eye is evil, all your body will be dark. If then the light which is in you is dark, how dark it will be!

  • Luke 11:34
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    34The light of the body is the eye: when your eye is true, all your body is full of light; but when it is evil, your body is dark.

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    9Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed?

  • Jas 1:23
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    23Because if any man is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a glass;

  • Col 2:19
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    19And not joined to the Head, from whom all the body, being given strength and kept together through its joins and bands, has its growth with the increase of God.

  • Acts 28:26
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    26Go to this people and say, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:

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    12The hearing ear and the seeing eye are equally the Lord's work.

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    16But a blessing be on your eyes, because they see; and on your ears, because they are open.

  • Matt 13:13-14
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    13For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them.

    14And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:

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    6They have ears, but no hearing; they have noses, but no sense of smell;

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    29And if your right eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell.

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    47And if your eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out: it is better for you to go into the kingdom of God with one eye than, having two eyes, to go into hell,

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    15Do you not see that your bodies are part of the body of Christ? how then may I take what is a part of the body of Christ and make it a part of the body of a loose woman? such a thing may not be.

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    18Having eyes, do you not see? and having ears, have you no hearing? and have you no memory?

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    9So if you, in using a strange tongue, say words which have no sense, how will anyone take in what you are saying? for you will be talking to the air.

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    18Give ear, you whose ears are shut; and let your eyes be open, you blind, so that you may see.

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    21Give ear now to this, O foolish people without sense; who have eyes but see nothing, and ears without the power of hearing:

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    11If then it is I who am the preacher, or they, this is our word, and to this you have given your faith.

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    3And the eyes of those who see will not be shut, and those who have hearing will give ear to the word.

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    9And he said, Go, and say to this people, You will go on hearing, but learning nothing; you will go on seeing, but without getting wiser.

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    9And if your eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out, and put it away from you: it is better for you to go into life with one eye than, having two eyes, to go into the hell of fire.

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    16And if the first-fruit is holy, so is the mass: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

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    16And one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warm and full of food; but you do not give them the things of which their bodies have need, what profit is there in this?

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    35But someone will say, How do the dead come back? and with what sort of body do they come?

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    47He who is a child of God gives ear to the words of God: your ears are not open to them because you are not from God.