1 Corinthians 12:21
And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
KJV
οὐ δύναται δὲ ὁ ὀφθαλμὸς εἰπεῖν τῇ χειρί, χρείαν σου οὐκ ἔχω, ἢ πάλιν ἡ κεφαλὴ τοῖς ποσίν, χρείαν ὑμῶν οὐκ ἔχω·
Greek NT
Non potest autem oculus dicere manui : Opera tua non indigeo : aut iterum caput pedibus : Non estis mihi necessarii.
Vulgate
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.
ASV
And the eye cannot say to the hand: I need not thy help. Nor again the head to the feet: I have no need of you.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δύναμαι
dunamai
verb · 209×
κεφαλή
kephale
noun · 75×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πάλιν
palin
adverb · 141×
πούς
pous
noun · 91×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
χείρ
cheir
noun · 175×
χρεία
chreia
noun · 49×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ἤ
e
particle · 346×
ὀφθαλμός
ophthalmos
noun · 100×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. And neither did he stop here, but seeks also another amplification, a kind of thing which he is always doing, contending not only to be on equal terms but even advancing beyond. Wherefore also he adds, saying, 1 Corinthians 12:22 Nay, much rather those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble are necessary: 1 Corinthians 12:23 And those parts of the body which we th…
§44Because Christ the Head holds such an eminent position, one must not think that he does not require the help of the Body. What Paul said of the human organism is to be applied likewise to the Mystical Body: "The head cannot say to the feet: I have no need of you."[69] It is manifestly clear that the faithful need the help of the Divine Redeemer, for He has said: "Without me you…
1. Relation of the Baptist to Elijah. The Theory of Transmigration Considered. The disciples asked Him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elijah must first come? Matthew 17:10 The disciples indeed who went up with Jesus remembered the traditions of the scribes concerning Elijah, that before the advent of Christ, Elijah would come and prepare for Him the souls of those who w…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 12:17 — If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
- Acts 18:26 — And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.
- Exod 18:24 — So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.
- Ezra 10:1 — Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and chi
- Judg 13:23 — But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor wou
- Neh 4:16 — And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rule
- Prov 22:2 — The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.