Quotes about Community
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.
— 1 Corinthians 12:16
If they were all one part, where would the body be?
— 1 Corinthians 12:19
As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
— 1 Corinthians 12:20
The eye cannot say to the hand, “I do not need you.” Nor can the head say to the feet, “I do not need you.”
— 1 Corinthians 12:21
On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,
— 1 Corinthians 12:22
so that there should be no division in the body, but that its members should have mutual concern for one another.
— 1 Corinthians 12:25
If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
— 1 Corinthians 12:26
Now you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a member of it.
— 1 Corinthians 12:27
The one who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but the one who prophesies edifies the church.
— 1 Corinthians 14:4
I wish that all of you could speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be edified.
— 1 Corinthians 14:5
You may be giving thanks well enough, but the other one is not edified.
— 1 Corinthians 14:17
So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and some who are uninstructed or some unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your minds?
— 1 Corinthians 14:23