1 CORINTHIANS 12:17 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?”
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? — Paul's reductio shows that a body composed entirely of one type of member would be dysfunctional (autos); the very diversity that creates anxiety is essential to the body's health and perception.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 12:17
“If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?” Thus, because, having fallen upon the difference of the members, and having mentioned feet, and hands, and eyes, and ears, he led them to the consideration of their own inferiority and superiority: see how again he consoles them, intimating that so it was expedient: and that their being many and diverse, this especially causes them to be a body. But if they all were…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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