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1 Corinthians 12:17

Fellowship and the church

15 If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.

16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.

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?

18 But in fact, God has arranged the members of the body, every one of them, according to His design.

19 If they were all one part, where would the body be?

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BSB
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?
KJV
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?
ASV
If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
DARBY
If the whole body [were] an eye, where the hearing? if all hearing, where the smelling?
BLB
If the whole body [were] an eye, where [is] the hearing? If the whole [were] hearing, where [is] the sense of smell?
ÅB
Dersom hele legemet var øye, hvor ble det da av hørselen? dersom det hele var hørsel, hvor ble det da av lukten?
OTB
Om hele kroppen var et øye, hva ville skje med hørselen? Om hele var hørsel, hva ville bli av luktesansen?
B1930
Dersom hele legemet var øie, hvor blev det da av hørselen? dersom det hele var hørsel, hvor blev det da av lukten?

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