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Andκαὶifἐὰνthe earτὸ οὖςsays,εἴπῃBecauseὍτιI amεἰμὶnotοὐκan eye,ὀφθαλμόςI amεἰμὶnotοὐκpart ofἐκthe body,τοῦ σώματοςit isἔστινnotοὐfor this reasonπαρὰ τοῦτοany lessοὐκpart ofἐκthe body.τοῦ σώματος
1 Corinthians 12:16
Study it in the app“And if the ear says, Because I am not an eye, I am not part of the body, it is not for this reason any less part of the body.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 12:16, word by word
- the earοὖςous
ear
The organ of hearing, on the sides of the head.
Where else “ous” appears- saysεἴπῃeipēi
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipēi” appears- I amεἰμὶeimi
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “eimi” appears- an eyeὀφθαλμόςophthalmos
eye
The organ of sight, in the face.
Where else “ophthalmos” appears- the bodyσώματοςsōmatos
body
The person in his physical part, living or dead.
Where else “sōmatos” appears
The context
15If the foot says, Because I am not a hand, I am not part of the body, it is not for this reason any less part of the body.
16 · This verse (above)
17If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the smell be?