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For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body so also is Christ.

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For in one Spirit were we all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free and were all made to drink of one Spirit.

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For the body is not one member, but many.

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If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body it is not therefore not of the body.

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And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body it is not therefore not of the body.

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If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?

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But now hath God set the members each one of them in the body, even as it pleased him.

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And if they were all one member, where were the body?

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But now they are many members, but one body.

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And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee: or again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.

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Nay, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be more feeble are necessary:

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and those [parts] of the body, which we think to be less honorable, upon these we bestow more abundant honor and our uncomely [parts] have more abundant comeliness

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whereas our comely [parts] have no need: but God tempered the body together, giving more abundant honor to that [part] which lacked

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that there should be no schism in the body but [that] the members should have the same care one for another.

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And whether one member suffereth, all the members suffer with it or [one] member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

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Now ye are the body of Christ, and severally members thereof.

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And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, [divers] kinds of tongues.

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Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all [workers of] miracles?

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have all gifts of healings? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?

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But desire earnestly the greater gifts. And moreover a most excellent way show I unto you.