1 Corinthians 12:17

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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?

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  • 1 Sam 9:9 : 9 (Formerly in Israel, when people went to inquire of God, they would say, "Come, let us go to the seer," because the prophet of today used to be called a seer.)
  • Ps 94:9 : 9 Does He who formed the ear not hear? Does He who formed the eye not see?
  • Ps 139:13-16 : 13 For You created my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother's womb. 14 I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, I know that full well. 15 My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in Your book before one of them came to be.
  • Prov 20:12 : 12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye—the Lord has made both of them.
  • 1 Cor 12:21 : 21 The eye cannot say to the hand, 'I have no need of you,' nor can the head say 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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  • 1 Cor 12:11-16
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    11 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and He distributes them to each one just as He wills.

    12 Just as the body is one but has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so also is Christ.

    13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.

    14 Indeed, the body is not one member but many.

    15 If the foot should say, 'Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,' it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body.

    16 And if the ear should say, 'Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,' it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body.

  • 1 Cor 12:18-27
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    18 But now God has arranged the members, each one of them, in the body just as He desired.

    19 If they were all one member, where would the body be?

    20 But as it is, there are many members, yet one body.

    21 The eye cannot say to the hand, 'I have no need of you,' nor can the head say to the feet, 'I have no need of you.'

    22 On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable.

    23 And the parts of the body that we think are less honorable, we bestow greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty,

    24 whereas our presentable parts have no need of it. But God has composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it,

    25 so that there should be no division in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another.

    26 If one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. If one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

    27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.

  • Rom 12:4-5
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    4 For just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members serve the same function,

    5 so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.

  • Ps 115:6
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    6 They have ears but cannot hear, noses but cannot smell.

  • Prov 20:12
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    12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye—the Lord has made both of them.

  • Ps 94:9
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    9 Does He who formed the ear not hear? Does He who formed the eye not see?

  • Matt 6:22-23
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    22 The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.

    23 But if your eye is unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

  • Mark 7:16
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    16 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."

  • Luke 11:34
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    34 Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light. But when it is unhealthy, your body is full of darkness.

  • 1 Cor 14:7-10
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    7 Even lifeless instruments like the flute or harp, if they do not produce a clear distinction in the notes, how will anyone recognize what is played on the flute or the harp?

    8 For if the trumpet gives an unclear sound, who will prepare for battle?

    9 In the same way, unless you speak intelligible words through your tongue, how will anyone understand what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air.

    10 There are so many kinds of languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning.

  • Mark 8:18
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    18 Do you have eyes and not see, and ears and not hear? And do you not remember?

  • Matt 13:16
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    16 But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear.

  • Mark 9:47
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    47 If your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,

  • Col 2:19
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    19 Such a person does not hold fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that comes from God.

  • Isa 32:3
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    3 The eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen attentively.

  • 1 Cor 14:23
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    23 So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are out of your mind?

  • Matt 5:29
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    29 If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

  • Rev 13:9
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    9 If anyone has ears to hear, let them listen.

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    17 They have ears but cannot hear; there is no breath in their mouths.

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    30 Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?

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    11 "Does not the ear test words as the palate tastes its food?"

  • Eph 4:16
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    16 From him the whole body, being joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love as each part does its work.

  • Matt 13:9
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    9 Let anyone who has ears listen.

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    15 He who has ears, let him hear.

  • Luke 11:36
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    36 So if your whole body is full of light, and no part of it is dark, it will be just as full of light as when a lamp shines its light on you.

  • Jas 1:23
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    23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror.

  • Isa 42:18
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    18 Hear, you deaf! Look, you blind, that you may see!

  • 1 Cor 10:17
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    17 Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all share the one bread.

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    1 Now, concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be unaware.

  • Matt 18:9
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    9 And if your eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

  • Acts 28:26
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    26 'Go to this people and say, "You will indeed hear but never understand; you will indeed see but never perceive."'