The more beautiful parts of our body don’t need this special care. But God put the body together and gave more honor to the parts that need it.
1 Corinthians 12:25 - Easy To Read Version God did this so that our body would not be divided. God wanted the different parts to care the same for each other. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 that there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So that there should be no division or discord or lack of adaptation [of the parts of the body to each other], but the members all alike should have a mutual interest in and care for one another. American Standard Version (1901) that there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. Common English Bible so that there won’t be division in the body and so the parts might have mutual concern for each other. Catholic Public Domain Version so that there might be no schism in the body, but instead the parts themselves might take care of one another. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That there might be no schism in the body; but the members might be mutually careful one for another. |
The more beautiful parts of our body don’t need this special care. But God put the body together and gave more honor to the parts that need it.
If one part of the body suffers, then all the other parts suffer with it. Or if one part of our body is honored, then all the other parts share its honor too.
You are still not spiritual people. You have jealousy and arguing among you. This shows that you are not spiritual. You are acting the same as people of the world.
Now, brothers and sisters, I say good-bye. Try to be perfect. Do the things I have asked you to do. Agree in your minds with each other, and live in peace. Then the God of love and peace will be with you.
I wrote that letter, but not because of the one who did the wrong. And it was not written because of the person who was hurt. But I wrote that letter so that you could see, before God, the great care that you have for us.