14. The body is not one part, but many.
15. If the foot says, “Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body,” is it therefore not of the body?
16. And if the ear says, “Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body,” is it therefore not of the body?
17. If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were hearing, where would the sense of smell be?
18. But now God has established the parts, every one of them, in the body as it has pleased Him.
19. If they were all one part, where would the body be?
20. So there are many parts, yet one body.
21. The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”
22. No, those parts of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary.