1 Corinthians 12:17

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

If our bodies were only an eye, we couldn't hear a thing. And if they were only an ear, we couldn't smell a thing.

Cross References

Psalm 94:9

God gave us ears and eyes! Can't he hear and see?

Proverbs 20:12

Hearing and seeing are gifts from the LORD.

1 Corinthians 12:16

Or suppose an ear says, “I'm not an eye, and so I'm not part of the body.” Wouldn't the ear still belong to the body?

1 Corinthians 12:18

But God has put all parts of our body together in the way that he decided is best.

1 Corinthians 12:21

That's why the eyes cannot say they don't need the hands. That's also why the head cannot say it doesn't need the feet.

1 Corinthians 12:29

Not everyone is an apostle. Not everyone is a prophet. Not everyone is a teacher. Not everyone can perform miracles.

1 Samuel 9:9

“Great!” Saul replied. “Let's go to the man who can see visions!” He said this because in those days God would answer questions by giving visions to prophets. Saul and his servant went to the town where the prophet lived.