16 Or suppose an ear says, “I’m not an eye, so I’m not a part of the body!” Would that mean it’s no longer part of the body?
17 If the whole body were an eye, how could it hear? If the whole body were an ear, how could it smell?
18 So God put each and every part of the body together as he wanted it.
19 How could it be a body if it only had one part?
20 So there are many parts but one body.
21 An eye can’t say to a hand, “I don’t need you!” Or again, the head can’t say to the feet, “I don’t need you!”
22 The opposite is true. The parts of the body that we think are weaker are the ones we really need.