1 Corinthians 12:23 - Revised Standard Version

and those parts of the body which we think less honorable we invest with the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And those [parts] of the body which we consider rather ignoble are [the very parts] which we invest with additional honor, and our unseemly parts and those unsuitable for exposure are treated with seemliness (modesty and decorum),

American Standard Version (1901)

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;

Common English Bible

The parts of the body that we think are less honorable are the ones we honor the most. The private parts of our body that aren’t presentable are the ones that are given the most dignity.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And though we consider certain parts of the body to be less noble, we surround these with more abundant dignity, and so, those parts which are less presentable end up with more abundant respect.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And such as we think to be the less honourable members of the body, about these we put more abundant honour; and those that are our uncomely parts, have more abundant comeliness.

1 Corinthians 12:23 Cross References

Genesis 3:21

And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins, and clothed them.

Genesis 3:7

Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons.

1 Corinthians 12:22

On the contrary, the parts of the body which seem to be weaker are indispensable,

1 Corinthians 12:24

which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving the greater honor to the inferior part,

1 Timothy 2:15

Yet woman will be saved through bearing children, if she continues in faith and love and holiness, with modesty.

1 Timothy 2:9

also that women should adorn themselves modestly and sensibly in seemly apparel, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly attire