1 Corinthians 12:24

moreover, the[plural] well-decorum-ed[adjective] of{us} is_not_having need; contrariwise, the God blends-together the body to{the being-deficient/lacking}, give[ing] more-excessive value,

Garth's Hyper-literal 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 what we-are-esteeming more-un-valued to-be-being of{the body}, to{the-same} we-are-placing-around more-excessive value, and the[plural] indecorous of{us} is-having more-excessive well-decorum-ness;

25in-which-place split-effect should_not_be-being in to{the body}; contrariwise, the members may-be-worrying the same over/for-the-sake of{one-another},

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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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