1 Corinthians 12:23 BSB

1 Corinthians 12:23

and the parts we consider less honorable, we treat with greater honor. And our unpresentable parts are treated with special modesty,

BSB

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ASV

and those parts of the body, which we think to be less honorable, upon these we bestow more abundant honor; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness;

KJV

And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.

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Commentary

2 voices

Tertullian

On the Resurrection of the Flesh (220)

He will love the flesh which is, so very closely and in so many ways, His neighbour-(He will love it), although infirm, since His strength is made perfect in weakness; although disordered, since "they that are whole need not the physician, but they that are sick; " although not honourable, since "we bestow more abundant honour upon the less honourable members; " although ruined, since He says, "I am come to save that which was lost; " although sinful, since He says, "I desire rather the salvation of the sinner than his death; " although condemned, for says He, "I shall wound, and also heal.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

We bestow more abundant honour - Margin, “Put on.” The words rendered “abundant honor” here, refer to clothing. We bestow upon them more attention and honor then we do on the face that is deemed comely, and that is not covered and adorned as the other parts of the body are. More abundant comeliness - We adorn and decorate the body with frivilous apparel. Those parts which decency requires us to conceal we not only cover, but we endeavor as far as we can to adorn them. The face in the mean time we leave uncovered.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἃ	ha	those which	G3739 →
δοκοῦμεν	dokoumen	we think	G1380 →
ἀτιμότερα	atimotera	less honorable	G820 →
εἶναι	einai	to be	G1511 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
σώματος,	sōmatos	body,	G4983 →
τούτοις	toutois	these	G3778 →
τιμὴν	timēn	honor	G5092 →
περισσοτέραν	perissoteran	more excessive	G4055 →
περιτίθεμεν,	peritithemen	we bestow,	G4060 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
ἀσχήμονα	aschēmona	unpresentable [parts]	G809 →
ἡμῶν	hēmōn	of us	G3165 →
εὐσχημοσύνην	euschēmosunēn	decorum	G2157 →
περισσοτέραν	perissoteran	more excessive	G4055 →
ἔχει·	echei	have;	G2192 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 3:21
And the LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and He clothed them.
leads to
- Isaiah 61:10
  I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom…
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
  God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
- 2 Corinthians 5:2–3
  For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling,
- Genesis 3:7
  And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.
Through
Genesis 3:7
And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.
leads to
- Genesis 2:25
  And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.
- Isaiah 59:6
  Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.
- Genesis 3:5
  “For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
- Job 9:29–31
  Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?