1 Corinthians 12:23 - Tree of Life Version

Those parts of the body that we think to be less honorable, we clothe with greater honor; and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty;

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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 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 3:21

Adonai Elohim made Adam and his wife tunics of skin and He clothed them.

Genesis 3:7

Then the eyes of both of them were opened and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made for themselves loin-coverings.

1 Corinthians 12:22

On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be less important are indispensable.

1 Corinthians 12:24

but our presentable parts have no such need. Rather God assembled the body, giving more honor to those who are lacking,

1 Timothy 2:15

Nevertheless, she will be sustained through childbearing—if they continue in faithfulness and love and holiness, with sound judgment.

1 Timothy 2:9

Likewise, women are to adorn themselves in appropriate clothing with modesty and sound judgment—not in seductive hairstyles and gold or pearls or costly clothing,