If the whole body were an eye (ε ολον το σωμα οφθαλμος). The eye is the most wonderful organ and supremely useful ([Reference Numb…

If the whole body, etc. The idea in this verse is that all the parts of the body are useful in their proper place, and that it would be as…

If the whole body were an eye.—Here is shown how absurd it would be for the body to be merely one member, and in [Referen…

And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? If the whole body were an eye, where…

Paul now emphasizes the necessity of having diversity in a body for it to operate as one. Each part (such as the eye or the ear) must be willing to…

If the whole body were an eye. He sets aside a foolish aiming at equality by showing its impossibility. "If all the members," he says, "de…

If the whole body were an eye
And nothing else,

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 institut…

Having laid out the distinction among spiritual gifts, the Apostle now explains it using the analogy of a natural body. He first presents the analo…