1 Corinthians 12:23 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

and those parts 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;

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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 coats of skins, and clothed them.

Genesis 3:7

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

1 Corinthians 12:22

Nay, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be more feeble are necessary:

1 Corinthians 12:24

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

1 Timothy 2:15

but she shall be saved through the childbearing, if they continue in faith and love and sanctification with sobriety.

1 Timothy 2:9

In like manner, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefastness and sobriety; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly raiment;