1 Corinthians 12:24

But God hath so blended the several parts of the body, giving greater honor to that which was deficient,

1770 John Worsley NT

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 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.

25that there might be no schism in the body; but that all the members might have the same care one for 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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