1 Corinthians 12:17

Modern English Version

If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were hearing, where would the sense of smell be?

Cross References

1 Corinthians 12:21

The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”

1 Corinthians 12:29

Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles?

Proverbs 20:12

The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord has made them both.

Psalm 94:9

He who planted the ear, shall He not hear? He who formed the eye, shall He not see?

1 Samuel 9:9

(Formerly 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 formerly called a seer.)

1 Corinthians 12:16

And if the ear says, “Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body,” is it therefore not of the body?

1 Corinthians 12:18

But now God has established the parts, every one of them, in the body as it has pleased Him.