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If the foot shall say (ean eipēi ho pous). Condition of third class (ean and second aorist subjunctive eipēi). In case the foot say.
I am not of the body (ouk eimi ek tou sōmatos). I am independent of the body, not dependent on the body.
It is not therefore not of the body (ou para touto ouk estin ek tou sōmatos). Thinking or saying so does not change the fact. Para touto here means “alongside of this” (cf. 4 Maccabees 10:19) and so “because of,” a rare use (Robertson, Grammar, p. 616). The two negatives (ou̇̇ouk) do not here destroy one another. Each retains its full force.