1 Corinthians 12:17 — King James Version← Study notes
“If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?”
1 Corinthians 12:17 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · 1 Corinthians 12:1714 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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…
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