1 Corinthians 12:17

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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 eare would say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body, is it therefore not of the body?

18But nowe hath God disposed the members euery one of them in the bodie at his owne pleasure.

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Cross References

Psalms 94:9Hee that planted the eare, shall hee not heare? or he that formed the eye, shall he not see?

Proverbs 20:12The Lord hath made both these, euen the eare to heare, and the eye to see.

1 Corinthians 12:29Are all Apostles? are all Prophetes? are all teachers?

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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