21 眼睛不能对手说:“我不需要你。”头也不能对脚说:“我不需要你。”

22 相反,看起来不太重要的肢体事实上是不可或缺的。 23 我们认为身体上不体面的肢体,越要加以美化;不雅观的肢体,越要精心呵护。 24 我们身上体面的肢体用不着美化。上帝把身体的各肢体安排在一起,使那些不体面的肢体更体面, 25 这样身体各肢体才可以彼此相顾,不会分门别类。 26 如果身体某个肢体感到痛苦,全身也一同受苦。如果某个肢体得到荣耀,全身也一同喜乐。

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21 The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!” 22 On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23 and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, 24 while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, 25 so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. 26 If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.

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