1 Corinthians 12:24

but our comely [parts] have not need. But God has tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to [the part] that lacked;

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:

In Context

23and those [parts] of the body which we esteem to be the more void of honour, these we clothe with more abundant honour; and our uncomely [parts] have more abundant comeliness;

25that there might be no division in the body, but that the members might have the same concern one for another.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:11And he said, Who told thee that thou art naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee not to eat?

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 12:13-27

Union Recommended. ( a. d. 57.) 12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. 13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. 14 For the body is not one member, but many. 15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? 16 And if the ear shall say, Because… Read the whole commentary →

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