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
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
L'oeil ne peut pas dire à la main: Je n'ai pas besoin de toi; ni la tête dire aux pieds: Je n'ai pas besoin de vous.
KJV
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.
Clemens Romanus (Clement of Rome)
Epistula I ad Corinthios
other," shich may be the original text. χρῆσις. λάβωμεν τὸ σῶμα ἡμῶν: ἡ κεφαλὴ δίχα τῶν ποδῶν οὐδέν 1 Cor. 12, 21 ἐστιν, οὕτως οὐδὲ οἱ πόδες δίχα τῆς κεφαλῆς: τὰ δὲ ἐλάχιστα μέλη τοῦ σώματος ἡμῶν ἀναγκαῖα καὶ εὔχρηστά εἰσιν ὅλῳ τῷ σώμᾳτι: ἀλλὰ πάντα συνπνεῖ καὶ ὑποταγῇ μιᾷ χρῆται…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 88 (Migne)
eodem se muro concludunt, quoniam, etsi multa membra sunt, tamen in uno Christi corpore continentur (I Cor. XII, 21) , et ideo qui simul junguntur in templo, separari non debent nec in voto [Note: [Col. 0315D] Ibid., nam sicut. ] quia sicut in membris nostris aspicimus qualiter h…
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