1 Corinthians 12:22

But those parts of the body, which seem to be weaker, are much more necessary:

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:

In Context

21And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee: or again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.

23and those which we judge the less honorable parts we clothe with more abundant honor; and so our less comely parts have more comeliness added to them, of which our comely ones have no need.

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Cross References

Titus 2:9Exhort servants to submit to their masters, to be obsequious in all things,

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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