16 And suppose the ear says, "I am not an eye. So I don't belong to the body." It is still 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 God has placed each part in the body just as he wanted it to be.
19 If all the parts were the same, how could there be a body?
20 As it is, there are many parts. But there is only one body.
21 The eye can't say to the hand, "I don't need you!" The head can't say to the feet, "I don't need you!"
22 In fact, it is just the opposite. The parts of the body that seem to be weaker are the ones we can't do without.