1 Corinthians 12:17

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

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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 say, Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body, is it for this reason not of the body?

18But as it is, God set the members every one of them in the body, as it pleased him.

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Cross References

Psalms 94:9He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?

Proverbs 20:12The ear that heareth, and the eye that seeth,—The LORD made them both.

1 Corinthians 12:29Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of 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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