1 Corinthians 12:17
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If the whole body were the eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling?

1 Corinthians 12:16
And if the ear should say: 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 hath set the members, every one of them, in the body as it hath pleased him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

If the whole body were the eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling?

1 Corinthians 12:21,29 And the eye cannot say to the hand: I need not thy help. Nor again the head to the feet: I have no need of you. . . .

1 Samuel 9:9 Now in time past in Israel, when a man went to consult God, he spoke thus: Come, let us go to the seer. For he that is now called a prophet, in time past was called a seer.

Psalm 94:9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? or he that formed the eye, doth he not consider?

Psalm 139:13-16 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from my mother's womb. . . .

Proverbs 20:12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made them both.

Context
The Body of Christ
16And if the ear should say: Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body: Is it therefore not of the body? 17If the whole body were the eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling? 18But now God hath set the members, every one of them, in the body as it hath pleased him.…
Lexicon
If
εἰ (ei)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.

the
τὸ (to)
Article - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

whole
ὅλον (holon)
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3650: All, the whole, entire, complete. A primary word; 'whole' or 'all', i.e. Complete, especially as noun or adverb.

body [were]
σῶμα (sōma)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 4983: Body, flesh; the body of the Church. From sozo; the body, used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively.

an eye,
ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3788: The eye; fig: the mind's eye. From optanomai; the eye; by implication, vision; figuratively, envy.

where
ποῦ (pou)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 4226: Genitive case of an interrogative pronoun pos otherwise obsolete; as adverb of place; at what locality.

[would] the
(hē)
Article - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

sense of hearing [be]?
ἀκοή (akoē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 189: Hearing, faculty of hearing, ear; report, rumor. From akouo; hearing.

If
εἰ (ei)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.

[the] whole [body]
ὅλον (holon)
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3650: All, the whole, entire, complete. A primary word; 'whole' or 'all', i.e. Complete, especially as noun or adverb.

[were] an ear,
ἀκοή (akoē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 189: Hearing, faculty of hearing, ear; report, rumor. From akouo; hearing.

where
ποῦ (pou)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 4226: Genitive case of an interrogative pronoun pos otherwise obsolete; as adverb of place; at what locality.

[would] the
(hē)
Article - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

sense of smell [be]?
ὄσφρησις (osphrēsis)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3750: The sense of smell, smelling. From a derivative of ozo; smell.


Additional Translations
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?

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

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 were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?

If the whole body [were] an eye, where the hearing? if all hearing, where the smelling?

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 were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?

If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the nostrils be?

If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the smelling be?

If the whole body were an eye, where the hearing? if the whole hearing, where the smelling?
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