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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Parallel translations
4 additional translationswhereas our comely parts have no need: but God tempered the body together, giving more abundant honor to that part which lacked;
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,
and our seemly things have no need; but God did temper the body together, to the lacking part having given more abundant honour,
but our comely [parts] have not need. ButGod has tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to [the part] that lacked;
About this book
New Testament▾
About this book
New Testament1 Corinthians — A pastoral letter answering a long list of questions and problems — unity, ethics, worship, and the resurrection — written to a gifted but divided church.
- Author
- Paul, with Sosthenes (1:1)
- Date
- c. AD 55, from Ephesus