1 Corinthians 12:24

Plain English Version

But we don’t need to cover the beautiful parts of our bodies. God has joined all those parts together to make one body. We might think some parts are not important, but God has made them really important.

Cross References

Genesis 2:25

The man and his wife didn’t have any clothes on. They were both naked, but they didn’t feel any shame.

Genesis 3:11

God asked the man, “How do you know that you are naked? Did you eat some of that fruit from the tree that I told you not to eat from?”

Matthew 5:29

You see, if things in your life push you to go wrong, then you have to get rid of them, even if it is hard to do. Be careful about how you use your eyes. If you see something that gets you to go wrong, then stop looking. That might be hard to do, like you are pulling out your eye and throwing it away. But it is better to lose one eye here on the earth now, than to keep 2 eyes and go to the bad place called hell.

1 Corinthians 12:23

There are some parts of our bodies that we think are not very nice, and we don’t want anyone to see them, so we carefully look after those parts and cover them up.

1 Corinthians 12:25

So all the parts of our bodies live quietly together and help each other.