SEV Biblia, Chapter 12:17
Si todo el cuerpo fuese ojo, ¿dnde estaría el oído? Si todo fuese oído, ¿dnde estaría el olfato?
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 17. If the whole body were an eye , etc.] And nothing else, where were the hearing ? there would be no ear, and so no sense of hearing: and if the whole were hearing: or only consisted of a member capable of the sense of hearing, where were the smelling ? there would be no nose, the organ of smelling, and that sense would be wanting: thus if the church only consisted of ministers of the Gospel, of men of eminent light and knowledge, qualified for the preaching of the word to others, there would be no hearers; and on the other hand, if it only consisted of hearers, of such who only could hear the word to their own advantage, there would be none of a quick understanding, or of a quick smell to discern perverse things, to distinguish truth from error, to discern spirits, and direct the rest of the members to wholesome and savoury food, and preserve them from what would be hurtful and pernicious to them.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 12-26 - Christ and his church form one body, as Head and members. Christian become members of this body by baptism. The outward rite is of Divin 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 membe 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 member have different powers and different places. We should do the duties of our own place, and not murmur, or quarrel with others. All the member of the body are useful and necessary to each other. Nor is there 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 whol should be the object of all. All Christians are dependent one upo another; each is to expect and receive help from the rest. Let us the have more of the spirit of union in our religion.
Greek Textus Receptus
ει 1487 COND ολον 3650 A-NSN το 3588 T-NSN σωμα 4983 N-NSN οφθαλμος 3788 N-NSM που 4226 PRT-I η 3588 T-NSF ακοη 189 N-NSF ει 1487 COND ολον 3650 A-NSN ακοη 189 N-NSF που 4226 PRT-I η 3588 T-NSF οσφρησις 3750 N-NSF
Robertson's NT Word Studies
12:17 {If the whole body were an eye} (ei holon to swma ofqalmos). The eye is the most wonderful organ and supremely useful (#Nu 10:31), the very light of the body (#Lu 11:34). And yet how grotesque it would be if there were nothing else but a great round rolling eye! A big "I" surely! {The smelling} (he osfresis). Old word from osfrainomai, to smell. Here alone in N.T.
