| 21 | The eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you," nor again the head to the feet, "I have no need of you." |
| 22 | On the contrary, the parts of the body which seem to be weaker are indispensable, |
| 23 | and those parts of the body which we think less honorable we invest with the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty, |
| 24 | which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving the greater honor to the inferior part, |
| 25 | that there may be no discord in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. |
| 26 | If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together. |
| 27 | Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. |