1 Corinthians 12:17

God's Word

If the whole body were an eye, how could it hear? If the whole body were an ear, how could it smell?

Cross References

Psalm 94:9

God created ears. Do you think he can’t hear? He formed eyes. Do you think he can’t see?

Proverbs 20:12

The ear that hears, the eye that sees— the Lord made them both.

1 Corinthians 12:16

Or suppose an ear says, “I’m not an eye, so I’m not a part of the body!” Would that mean it’s no longer part of the body?

1 Corinthians 12:18

So God put each and every part of the body together as he wanted it.

1 Corinthians 12:21

An eye can’t say to a hand, “I don’t need you!” Or again, the head can’t say to the feet, “I don’t need you!”

1 Corinthians 12:29

Not all believers are apostles, are they? Are all of them prophets? Do all of them teach? Do all of them perform miracles

1 Samuel 9:9

(Formerly in Israel, when a person went to ask God ⌞a question⌟, he would say, “Come, let’s go to the seer,” because a person we now call a prophet used to be called a seer.)