| 1 Corinthians 12:17 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | If the whole body were an eye, how could it hear? If the whole body were an ear, how could it smell?(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? |
| ASV: | If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? |
| BBE: | If all the body was an eye, where would be the hearing? if all was hearing, where would be the smelling? |
| DBY: | If the whole body were an eye, where the hearing? if all hearing, where the smelling? |
| ERV: | If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? |
| WEY: | If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the nostrils be? |
| WBS: | If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? |
| WEB: | If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the smelling be? |
| YLT: | If the whole body were an eye, where the hearing? if the whole hearing, where the smelling? |
| 1 Corinthians 12:17 Cross References |
| XREF: | 1 Corinthians 12:16 And if the ear says, "Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body," it is not for this reason any the less a part of the body.
1 Corinthians 12:18 But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body, just as He desired. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 12:17 {11} If the whole body [were] an eye, where [were] the hearing? If the whole [were] hearing, where [were] the smelling?
(11) Again speaking to them, he shows them that if that should come to pass which they desire, that is, that all should be equal one to another, there would follow a destruction of the whole body, indeed and of themselves. For it could not be a body unless it were made of many members knit together, and different from one another. And that no man might find fault with this division as unequal, he adds that God himself has joined all these together. Therefore all must remain joined together, that the body may remain in safety. |
| PNT: | 12:13-20 For in one Spirit were we all baptized into one body. For by means of one spirit we were all baptized into one body (Meyer). Rather, moved by one spirit acting through the apostles and evangelists, we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Gentiles, bond or free. The idea is that though diverse in race and condition, all have been made parts of one body by baptism, and that this had all been done under the direction of one spirit. All, too, receiving it as a gift, drank of the same spirit. Hence, if special and extraordinary spiritual gifts were imparted to the members of this body, these would be due to one spirit. |
| MHC: | 12:12-26 Christ and his church form one body, as Head and members. Christians become members of this body by baptism. The outward rite is of Divine institution; it is a sign of the new birth, and is called therefore the washing of regeneration, Tit 3:5. But it is by the Spirit, only by the renewing of the Holy Ghost, that we are made members of Christ's body. And by communion with Christ at the Lord's supper, we are strengthened, not by drinking the wine, but by drinking into one Spirit. Each member has its form, place, and use. The meanest makes a part of the body. There must be a distinction of members in the body. So Christ's members have different powers and different places. We should do the duties of our own place, and not murmur, or quarrel with others. All the members of the body are useful and necessary to each other. Nor is there a member of the body of Christ, but may and ought to be useful to fellow-members. As in the natural body of man, the members should be closely united by the strongest bonds of love; the good of the whole should be the object of all. All Christians are dependent one upon another; each is to expect and receive help from the rest. Let us then have more of the spirit of union in our religion. |
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