1 Corinthians 12:24 BSB

1 Corinthians 12:24

whereas our presentable parts have no such need. But God has composed the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

whereas our comely parts have no need: but God tempered the body together, giving more abundant honor to that part which lacked;

KJV

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

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Commentary

1 voice

Ambrosiaster

COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES (384)

We do not have to add anything to those whose eagerness for expertise and respectability is obvious—the honor due to them is given already. But an exhortation is necessary regarding the despised and lowly, to ensure that due honor is given to them, so that …

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

So should the members of Christ's body behave towards their fellow-members: instead of despising them, or reproaching them, for their infirmities, they should endeavour to cover and conceal them, and put the best face upon them that they can.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
τὰ	ta	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	and	G1161 →
εὐσχήμονα	euschēmona	the presentable [parts]	G2158 →
ἡμῶν	hēmōn	of us	G3165 →
οὐ	ou	no	G3756 →
χρείαν	chreian	need	G5532 →
ἔχει.	echei	have.	G2192 →
ἀλλὰ	alla	but	G235 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
θεὸς	theos	God	G2316 →
συνεκέρασεν	sunekerasen	[who] has composed	G4786 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
σῶμα	sōma	body	G4983 →
τῷ	tō	to that which	G3588 →
ὑστερουμένῳ	husteroumenō	is become lacking	G5302 →
περισσοτέραν	perissoteran	more excessive	G4055 →
δοὺς	dous	having given	G1325 →
τιμήν,	timēn	honor,	G5092 →

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 2:25
And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.
leads to
- 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.
- Genesis 3:10–11
  “I heard Your voice in the garden,” he replied, “and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”
- Romans 10:11
  It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
- Joel 2:26
  You will have plenty to eat, until you are satisfied. You will praise the name of the LORD your God, who has worked wonders for you. My people will never again be put to…
- Jeremiah 17:13
  O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of…
Through
Genesis 3:11
“Who told you that you were naked?” asked the LORD God. “Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”
leads to
- Romans 3:20
  Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
- Genesis 4:10
  “What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.
- Psalms 50:21
  You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.