1 Corinthians 12:24 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²⁴ whereas, our presentable parts [i.e., probably face and hands] do not need [covering up]. But God has put the body together [in such a way as] to give greater honor to that part which lacked it,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ Which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so adjusted (mingled, harmonized, and subtly proportioned the parts of) the whole body, giving the greater honor and richer endowment to the inferior parts which lack [apparent importance],

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ whereas our comely parts have no need: but God tempered the body together, giving more abundant honor to that part which lacked;

Common English Bible

²⁴ The parts of our body that are presentable don’t need this. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the part with less honor

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ However, our presentable parts have no such need, since God has tempered the body together, distributing the more abundant honor to that which has the need,

1 Corinthians 12:24 Referencias Cruzadas

Matthew 5:29

And if your right eye is what ensnares you into falling away [from God], gouge it out and throw it away from you. For it would be better for you to lose a part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. [Note: This is the word “Gehenna,” and because of its Old Testament connotation of burning bodies, II Chron. 33:6, it is used figuratively here, and elsewhere, to describe the place of future, final punishment of the wicked].

1 Corinthians 12:23

And those parts of the body which we consider less honorable [i.e., probably female breasts, buttocks, etc.], we clothe with greater honor. [Note: The Greek word for “clothe” here refers to clothing elsewhere in the New Testament]. And our unpresentable parts [i.e., probably sex organs] need to be more presentable [i.e., by being covered up with modest clothing],

1 Corinthians 12:25

so that there would not be any division in the body [Note: Paul here leaves the analogy of the physical body and makes application to the spiritual body, the church], but that its parts should have equal concern for each other.