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1 Corinthians 12:23 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 12 · verse 23
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.1 Corinthians 12:23 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 12:23 in context
21And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
22Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:
23And 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.
24For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:
25That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.
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Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- honourableatimoswithout honour, unhonoured, dishonoured, base, of less esteemG820 →
- abundantperissoterosexceeding some number or measure or rank or need, over and above, more than is necessary…G4055 →
- bestowperitithēmito place around, set about, to put on a garment, to put or bind a thing around another…G4060 →
- honourtimēa valuing by which the price is fixed, of the price itself, of the price paid or received…G5092 →
- thinkdokeōto be of opinion, think, suppose, to seem, to be accounted, reputed, it seems to me, I…G1380 →
- bodysōmathe body both of men or animals, a dead body or corpse, the living body, of animals, the…G4983 →
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The apostle here makes out the truth of what was above asserted, and puts the gifted men among the Corinthians in mind of their duty, by comparing the church of Christ to a human body. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-26