1 CORINTHIANS 12:21 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
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!' — the anthropomorphism continues, now with hierarchy: even the seemingly superior members (eye as head-analog, head itself) cannot claim independence from subordinate members; the interdependence is mutual and non-negotiable.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 12:21
Having checked the envy of those in lower rank, and having taken off the dejection which it was likely that they would feel from greater gifts having been vouchsafed to others, he humbles also the pride of these latter who had received the greater gifts. He had done the same indeed in his discourse also with the former. For the statement that it was a gift and not an achievement was intended to declare this. But now he does it again even more vehemently, dwelling on the same…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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