1 Corinthians 12:17
If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
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Referenced Verses
- 1 Sam 9:9 : 9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he said, Come, and let us go to the seer; for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)
- Ps 94:9 : 9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?
- Ps 139:13-16 : 13 For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother's womb. 14 I will give thanks unto thee; For I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Wonderful are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well. 15 My frame was not hidden from thee, When I was made in secret, [And] curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 16 Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance; And in thy book they were all written, [Even] the days that were ordained [for me], When as yet there was none of them.
- Prov 20:12 : 12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.
- 1 Cor 12:21 : 21 And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee: or again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
- 1 Cor 12:29 : 29 Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all [workers of] miracles?
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11 but all these worketh the one and the same Spirit, dividing to each one severally even as he will.
12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.
13 For in one Spirit were we all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all made to drink of 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; it is not therefore not of the body.
16 And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; it is not therefore not of the body.
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18 But now hath God set the members each one of them in the body, even as it pleased him.
19 And if they were all one member, where were the body?
20 But now they are many members, but one body.
21 And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee: or again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
22 Nay, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be more feeble are necessary:
23 and those [parts] of the body, which we think to be less honorable, upon these we bestow more abundant honor; and our uncomely [parts] have more abundant comeliness;
24 whereas our comely [parts] have no need: but God tempered the body together, giving more abundant honor to that [part] which lacked;
25 that there should be no schism in the body; but [that] the members should have the same care one for another.
26 And whether one member suffereth, all the members suffer with it; or [one] member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and severally members thereof.
- Rom 12:4-52 verses75%
4 For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members have not the same office:
5 so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and severally members one of another.
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6 They have ears, but they hear not; Noses have they, but they smell not;
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12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.
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9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?
- Matt 6:22-232 verses69%
22 The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is the darkness!
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16 (Ommitted)
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34 The lamp of thy body is thine eye: when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when it is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
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7 Even things without life, giving a voice, whether pipe or harp, if they give not a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?
8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain voice, who shall prepare himself for war?
9 So also ye, unless ye utter by the tongue speech easy to understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye will be speaking into the air.
10 There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and no [kind] is without signification.
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18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
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16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
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47 And if thine eye cause thee to stumble, cast it out: it is good for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell;
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19 and not holding fast the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and bands, increasing with the increase of God.
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3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.
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23 If therefore the whole church be assembled together and all speak with tongues, and there come in men unlearned or unbelieving, will they not say that ye are mad?
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29 And if thy right eye causeth thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell. [
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9 If any man hath an ear, let him hear.
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30 have all gifts of healings? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?
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11 Doth not the ear try words, Even as the palate tasteth its food?
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9 He that hath ears, let him hear.
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15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
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36 If therefore thy whole body be full of light, having no part dark, it shall be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining doth give thee light.
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23 For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror:
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18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
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17 seeing that we, who are many, are one bread, one body: for we are all partake of the one bread.
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1 Now concerning spiritual [gifts], brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
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9 And if thine eye causeth thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is good for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire. [
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26 saying, Go thou unto this people, and say, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive: