whereas our more respectable members do not need this. But God has so arranged the body, giving the greater honor to the inferior member,
1 Corinthians 12:25 - New Revised Standard Version that there may be no dissension within the body, but the members may have the same care for one another. 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. |
whereas our more respectable members do not need this. But God has so arranged the body, giving the greater honor to the inferior member,
If one member suffers, all suffer together with it; if one member is honored, all rejoice together with it.
for you are still of the flesh. For as long as there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not of the flesh, and behaving according to human inclinations?
Finally, brothers and sisters, farewell. Put things in order, listen to my appeal, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.
So although I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did the wrong, nor on account of the one who was wronged, but in order that your zeal for us might be made known to you before God.
But thanks be to God who put in the heart of Titus the same eagerness for you that I myself have.