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1 Corinthians 12:15
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If the foot should say, “Because I’m not a hand, I don’t belong to the body,” it is not for that reason any less a part of the body.
If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body: is it therefore not of the body?
If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
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.
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 less a part of the body.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
Suppose a foot says, "I'm not a hand, and so I'm not part of the body." Wouldn't the foot still belong to the body?
If the foot says, "I'm not a hand, so I'm not part of the body," that doesn't make it stop being part of the body.
If the foot say, Because I am not a hand I am not of the body, is it on account of this not indeed of the body?
The foot might say, "I am not a hand, so I don't belong to the body." But saying this would not stop the foot from being a part of the body.
If the foote would say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body, is it therefore not of the body?
For if the foot should say, Because I am not the hand, I am not a part of the body; is it therefore not a member of the body?
If the foot were to say, "Because I am not a hand, I don't belong to the body," that would not keep it from being a part of the body.
If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body," not because of this is it not a part of the body.
If the foot says, Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body, on account of this, is it not of the body?
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.
If the foot says, Because I am not the hand, I am not a part of the body; it is no less a part of the body.
If the foot would say, "Because I'm not the hand, I'm not part of the body," it is not therefore not part of the body.
If the foot says, "Since I'm not a hand, I'm not part of the body," that does not make it any less a part of the body, does it?
For if the foot should say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body itself, would it therefore not be of the body itself ?
For if the foot should say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it, on that account, not of the body?
If the foote woulde say, because I am not the hande, I am not of the body: is it therfore not of the body?
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.
If the foot would say, "Because I'm not the hand, I'm not part of the body," it is not therefore not part of the body.
Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body, is it therefore not of the body?
Were the foot to say, "Because I am not a hand I am not a part of the body," that would not make it any the less a part of the body.
If the foot seith, For Y am not the hoond, Y am not of the bodi; not therfor it is not of the bodi.
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.
If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
If the foot says, "Since I am not a hand, I am not part of the body," it does not lose its membership in the body because of that.
If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body," is it therefore not of the body?
If the foot should say, "I am not a part of the body because I am not a hand," that would not stop it from being a part of the body.
If the foot would 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.
Though the foot should say - Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body, Is it, therefore, not, of the body?
If the foot should say: Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body: Is it therefore not of the Body?
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.
Yf the fote saye: I am not the honde therfore I am not of the body: is he therfore not of ye body:
if the foot may say, `Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body;' it is not, because of this, not of the body;
Yf the fote saye: I am not ye hande, therfore am I not a membre of the body,is he therfore not a membre of ye body?
if the foot should say, "because I am not the hand, I am not of the body;" is it therefore not of the body?
Just because your foot can't swing a loop doesn't mean it's not part of your body.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Judges 9:8-15, 2 Kings 14:9
Cross-References
I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.
So Abram departed as the Lord had instructed, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
He took his wife, Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all his wealth—his livestock and all the people he had taken into his household at Haran—and headed for the land of Canaan. When they arrived in Canaan,
Then Pharaoh gave Abram many gifts because of her—sheep, goats, cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.
Abraham introduced his wife, Sarah, by saying, "She is my sister." So King Abimelech of Gerar sent for Sarah and had her brought to him at his palace.
Pharaoh became angry with these two officials,
Two full years later, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing on the bank of the Nile River.
Soon Pharaoh's daughter came down to bathe in the river, and her attendants walked along the riverbank. When the princess saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maid to get it for her.
And sure enough, Pharaoh heard what had happened, and he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in the land of Midian. When Moses arrived in Midian, he sat down beside a well.
Solomon made an alliance with Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and married one of his daughters. He brought her to live in the City of David until he could finish building his palace and the Temple of the Lord and the wall around the city.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
If the foot shall say,.... The lowest member of the body, which is nearest the earth, treads upon it, sustains the whole weight of the body, and performs the more drudging and fatiguing exercises of standing and walking; and may represent one that is in the lowest station in the church, a doorkeeper in the house of God; one that is really the least of saints, as well as thinks himself so; and has the smallest degree of heavenly affection, and knowledge of spiritual light and understanding;
because I am not the hand; the instrument of communication and of action; and may signify such an one, that liberally imparts to the necessities of others, who has it both in his hand and heart, and is ready to communicate; one that is full of good works, of charity towards men, and piety towards God; who does all things, Christ strengthening him, natural, civil, moral, and evangelical; yea, even miracles and mighty deeds are done by his hand:
I am not of the body; have no part in it, am no member of it, do not belong to it:
is it therefore not of the body? or "it is not therefore not of the body", as the Syriac version renders it; that is, it is not "for this word", as the Arabic, or so saying, as the Ethiopic, not of the body; it nevertheless belongs to it, and is a member of it, nor can it be otherwise: thus the meanest person in the mystical body, the church, though he should say, that because he is not so handy and useful as another, cannot give so largely, nor do so much as another, therefore he is no proper member of the church; it does not follow that so it is, for Christ, the head of the church, regards such as members; he admires the "beauty" of his church's "feet", and has provided for the covering, ornament, and security of them, being himself clothed with "a garment down to the feet", which equally covers and adorns that part of the body as the rest; he does not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax, or despise the day of small things; he regards their prayers, and takes notice and accepts of their meanest services; and they are, and should be considered as members of the body, by the rest and by themselves, the mystical body, the church, though he should say, that because he is not so handy and useful as another, cannot give so largely, nor do so much as another, therefore he is no proper member of the church; it does not follow that so it is, for Christ, the head of the church, regards such as members; he admires the "beauty" of his church's "feet", and has provided for the covering, ornament, and security of them, being himself clothed with "a garment down to the feet", which equally covers and adorns that part of the body as the rest; he does not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax, or despise the day of small things; he regards their prayers, and takes notice and accepts of their meanest services; and they are, and should be considered as members of the body, by the rest and by themselves.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
If the foot shall say ... - The same figure and illustration which Paul here uses occurs also in pagan writers. It occurs in the apologue which was used by Menenius Agrippa, as related by Livy (lib. 2: cap. 32), in which he attempted to repress a rebellion which had been excited against the nobles and senators, as useless and cumbersome to the state. Menenius, in order to show the folly of this, represents the different members of the body as conspiring against the stomach, as being inactive, and as refusing to labor, and consuming everything. The consequence of the conspiracy which the feet, and hands, and mouth entered into, was a universal wasting away of the whole frame for lack of the nutriment which would have been supplied from the stomach. Thus, he argued it would be by the conspiracy against the nobles, as being inactive, and as consuming all things. The representation had the desired effect, and quelled the rebellion. The same figure is used also by Aesop. The idea here is, that as the foot and the ear could not pretend that they were not parts of the body, and even not important, because they were not the eye, etc.; that is, were not more honorable parts of the body; so no Christian, however humble his endowments, could pretend that he was useless because he was not more highly gifted and did not occupy a more elevated rank.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 1 Corinthians 12:15. If the foot shall say, c.] As all the members of the body are necessarily dependent on each other, and minister to the general support of the system, so is it in the Church. All the private members are intimately connected among themselves, and also with their pastors without which union no Church can subsist.
