1 Corinthians 12:21-26

The eye cannot say to the hand, “I do not need you,” nor in turn can the head say to the foot, “I do not need you.”  On the contrary, those members that seem to be weaker are essential,  and those members we consider less honorable we clothe with greater honor, and our unpresentable members are clothed with dignity,  but our presentable members do not need this. Instead, God has blended together the body, giving greater honor to the lesser member,  so that there may be no division in the body, but the members may have mutual concern for one another.  If one member suffers, everyone suffers with it. If a member is honored, all rejoice with it.

Interdependent is defined as: mutually dependent; depending on each other. I think that God’s design for His church is for its members to be interdependent, and to live and work under the authority of Jesus Christ, who is the head of the body. Don’t miss the 2nd part of verse 24: “But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, SO THAT there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other.” What happens to a member of the body happens to the entire body. If you break your leg, the other leg and the rest of the members of your body are called upon to make changes in order for the body to stand firm. If the other members of your body do not step up, all members fall down and suffer. The goal is to stand firm together in Christ Jesus, joined as one body.