1 Corinthians 12:12-27 (NASB) 12 For even as the body is one and yet has many
members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so
also is Christ. 13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether
Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one
Spirit. 14 For the body is not one member, but many. 15 If the foot should say,
"Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body," it is not for this
reason any the less a part of the body. 16 And if the ear should say, "Because I
am not an eye, I am not a part of the body," it is not for this reason any the
less a part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the
hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? 18 But
now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body, just as He
desired. 19 And if they were all one member, where would the body be? 20 But now
there are many members, but one body. 21 And the eye cannot say to the hand,
"I have no need of you"; or again the head to the feet, "I have no need of you."
22 On the contrary, it is much truer that the members of the body which seem to
be weaker are necessary; 23 and those members of the body, which we deem less
honorable, on these we bestow more abundant honor, and our unseemly members come
to have more abundant seemliness, 24 whereas our seemly members have no need of
it. But God has so composed the body, giving more abundant honor to that member
which lacked, 25 that there should be no division in the body, but that the
members should have the same care for one another. 26 And if one member suffers,
all the members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members
rejoice with it. 27 Now you are Christ's body, and individually members of it.