Friday 5 April 2013

If One Member Of A Body Suffers


For the body does not consist of one member but of many, if the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," that would not make it any less a part to the body, and if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," that would not make it any less a part of the body.
 If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole body were an ear, where would be the sense of smell? But organ in the body has been arranged as such. If all were a single organ, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, yet one body. The eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you."
On the contrary, the parts of the body which seem to be weaker are indispensable, and those parts of the body which we think less honourable we invest with the greater honour, and our un-presentable parts are treated with greater modesty, which our more presentable parts do not require.
If one member suffers, all suffer together; 
If one member is honoured, all rejoice together