1 Corinthians 12:15,27
1 Corinthians 12:14-18 The Message (MSG)
I want you to think about how all this makes you more significant, not less. A body isn’t just a single part blown up into something huge. It’s all the different-but-similar parts arranged and functioning together. If Foot said, “I’m not elegant like Hand, embellished with rings; I guess I don’t belong to this body,” would that make it so? If Ear said, “I’m not beautiful like Eye, transparent and expressive; I don’t deserve a place on the head,” would you want to remove it from the body? If the body was all eye, how could it hear? If all ear, how could it smell? As it is, we see that God has carefully placed each part of the body right where he wanted it.
1 Corinthians 12:27-31 The Message (MSG)
You are Christ’s body—that’s who you are! You must never forget this. Only as you accept your part of that body does your “part” mean anything. You’re familiar with some of the parts that God has formed in his church, which is his “body”: apostles prophets teachers miracle workers healers helpers organizers those who pray in tongues. But it’s obvious by now, isn’t it, that Christ’s church is a complete Body and not a gigantic, unidimensional Part? It’s not all Apostle, not all Prophet, not all Miracle Worker, not all Healer, not all Prayer in Tongues, not all Interpreter of Tongues. And yet some of you keep competing for so-called “important” parts. But now I want to lay out a far better way for you.
1 Corinthians 12:15 King James Version (KJV)
If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
1 Corinthians 12:27 King James Version (KJV)
Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
1 Corinthians 12:15 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
If the foot says, “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.
1 Corinthians 12:27 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Now you are Christ’s body, and individually members of it.
1 Corinthians 12:15 New Century Version (NCV)
The foot might say, “Because I am not a hand, I am not part of the body.” But saying this would not stop the foot from being a part of the body.
1 Corinthians 12:27 New Century Version (NCV)
Together you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of that body.
1 Corinthians 12:15 American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
1 Corinthians 12:27 American Standard Version (ASV)
Now ye are the body of Christ, and severally members thereof.
1 Corinthians 12:15 New International Version (NIV)
Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body.
1 Corinthians 12:27 New International Version (NIV)
Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.
1 Corinthians 12:15 New King James Version (NKJV)
If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body,” is it therefore not of the body?
I Corinthians 12:27 New King James Version (NKJV)
Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.
1 Corinthians 12:15 Amplified Bible (AMP)
If the foot says, “Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body,” is it not on the contrary still a part of the body?
1 Corinthians 12:27 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Now you [collectively] are Christ’s body, and individually [you are] members of it [each with his own special purpose and function].
1 Corinthians 12:15 New Living Translation (NLT)
If the foot says, “I am not a part of the body because I am not a hand,” that does not make it any less a part of the body.
1 Corinthians 12:27 New Living Translation (NLT)
All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it.
1 Corinthians 12:15 The Passion Translation (TPT)
So if the foot were to say, “Since I’m not a hand, I’m not a part of the body,” it’s forgetting that it is still a vital part of the body.
1 Corinthians 12:27 The Passion Translation (TPT)
You are the body of the Anointed One, and each of you is a unique and vital part of it.
1 Corinthians 12:15 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.