1 Corinthians 12:17

New Century Version

If the whole body were an eye, it would not be able to hear. If the whole body were an ear, it would not be able to smell.

Cross References

Psalm 94:9

Can’t the creator of ears hear? Can’t the maker of eyes see?

Proverbs 20:12

The Lord has made both these things: ears to hear and eyes to see.

1 Corinthians 12:16

The ear might say, “Because I am not an eye, I am not part of the body.” But saying this would not stop the ear from being a part of the body.

1 Corinthians 12:18

If each part of the body were the same part, there would be no body. But truly God put all the parts, each one of them, in the body as he wanted them.

1 Corinthians 12:21

The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the foot, “I don’t need you!”

1 Corinthians 12:29

Not all are apostles. Not all are prophets. Not all are teachers. Not all do miracles.

1 Samuel 9:9

(In the past, if someone in Israel wanted to ask something from God, he would say, “Let’s go to the seer.” We call the person a prophet today, but in the past he was called a seer.)