1 Corinthians 12:17
“If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
If the whole body were an eye,.... And nothing else,
where were the hearing? there would be no ear, and so no sense of…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
If the whole body ... - The idea in this verse is, that all the parts of the body are useful in their proper place, and…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17141 Corinthians 12:12-26
The apostle here makes out the truth of what was above asserted, and puts the gifted men among the Corinthians in mind…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? "Observe here the difference between the Christian doctrine of…
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