1 Corinthians 12:24 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 whereas our more respectable members do not need this. But God has so arranged the body, giving the greater honor to the inferior member, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, giving to that which wanted the more abundant honour, |
He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”
If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away; it is better for you to lose one of your members than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
and those members of the body that we think less honorable we clothe with greater honor, and our less respectable members are treated with greater respect,
that there may be no dissension within the body, but the members may have the same care for one another.