New Testament · SCRIPTURE
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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If the whole body [were] an eye, where [were] the hearing? If the whole [were] hearing, where [were] the smelling?
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If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the smelling be?
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
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If the whole body [were] an eye, where [is] the hearing? If [the] whole [were] hearing, where [is] the sense of smell?
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
1 Corinthians 12
15 If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.
16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.
17 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?
18 But in fact, God has arranged the members of the body, every one of them, according to His design.
19 If they were all one part, where would the body be?
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