1 Corinthians 12:16 meaning and explanation
And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.
1 Corinthians 12:16, Berean Standard Bible
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Paul is writing to a divided congregation in Corinth where members ranked spiritual gifts and some felt excluded. Building on the image of the body in verse 12, he gives voice to an imaginary ear that compares itself to an eye and concludes it does not belong.
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