1 Corinthians 12:17

If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?

In Context

16And 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.

18But in fact, God has arranged the members of the body, every one of them, according to His design.

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Cross References

Psalms 94:9He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?

Proverbs 20:12Ears that hear and eyes that see—the LORD has made them both.

1 Corinthians 12:29Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 12:13-27

Union Recommended. ( a. d. 57.) 12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. 13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. 14 For the body is not one member, but many. 15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? 16 And if the ear shall say, Because… Read the whole commentary →

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