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1 Corinthians 12:15 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 12 · 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 12:15 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 12:15 in context
13For 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.
14For the body is not one member, but many.
15If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
16And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
17If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
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Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- footpousa foot, both of men or beast, often in the orient, one put his foot on vanquished, of…G4228 →
- handcheirby the help or agency of any one, by means of any one, fig. applied to God symbolising…G5495 →
- bodysōmathe body both of men or animals, a dead body or corpse, the living body, of animals, the…G4983 →
- sayeiponto speak, sayG2036 →
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The apostle here makes out the truth of what was above asserted, and puts the gifted men among the Corinthians in mind of their duty, by comparing the church of Christ to a human body. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-26