a part of the body.
012:017 If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be?
If the whole body were an ear, where would the nostrils be?
012:018 But, as a matter of fact, God has arranged the parts in the body--
every one of them--as He has seen fit.
012:019 If they were all one part, where would the body be?
012:020 But, as a matter of fact, there are many parts and but one body.
012:021 It is also impossible for the eye to say to the hand,
"I do not need you;" or again for the head to say to the feet,
"I do not need you."
012:022 No, it is quite otherwise. Even those parts of the body
which are apparently somewhat feeble are yet indispensable;
012:023 and those which we deem less honorable we clothe with more
abundant honor; and so our ungraceful parts come to have
a more abundant grace, while our graceful parts have
everything they need.
012:024 But it was God who built up the body, and bestowed more abundant
honor on the part that felt the need,
012:025 that there might be no disunion in the body, but that all
the members might entertain the same anxious care for
one another's welfare.
012:026 And if one part is suffering, every other part suffers with it;
or if one part is receiving special honor, every other part
shares in the joy.
012:027 As for you, you are the body of Christ, and individually you
are members of it.
012:028 And by God's appointment there are in the Church--
first Apostles, secondly Prophets, thirdly teachers.
Then come miraculous powers, and then ability to cure
diseases or render loving service, or powers of organization,