1 Corinthians 12:17

For if the whole body were the eye, where would be the hearing? And if the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling?

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 the eye, I am not of the body itself, would it therefore not be of the body itself?

18But now hath Aloha set all the members severally in the body as he willed.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 12:29Are all apostles? Are 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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