1 Corinthians 12:24
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For our comely parts have no need, but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honor to that part which lacked,
whereas our comely parts have no need: but God tempered the body together, giving more abundant honor to that part which lacked;
while our more presentable parts do not require it. But God has combined the [whole] body, giving greater honor to that part which lacks it,
Which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so adjusted (mingled, harmonized, and subtly proportioned the parts of) the whole body, giving the greater honor and richer endowment to the inferior parts which lack [apparent importance],
For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:
which our respectable parts do not need. Instead, God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the less honorable,
which our respectable parts do not need. Instead, God has put the body together, giving greater honour to the less honourable,
The parts of our body that are presentable don’t need this. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the part with less honor
while our attractive parts have no need for such treatment. Indeed, God has put the body together in such a way that he gives greater dignity to the parts that lack it,
but we don't have to be modest about other parts. God put our bodies together in such a way that even the parts that seem the least important are valuable.
but our comely [parts] have not need. But God has tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to [the part] that lacked;
but our presentable parts have no need. But God blended-together the body, having given more honor to the body-part lacking,
But our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, giving to that which wanted the more abundant honour,
The more beautiful parts don’t need this special care. But God put the body together and gave more honor to the parts that need it.
But we do not need to do this with the beautiful parts of our body. God has put all these parts together in one body. Some parts seem to be not very special. But God has shown that those parts are very valuable.
whereas our presentable parts have no such need. But God put the body together in a way that gave more honor to the parts that lack it.
which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it,
which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving greater honour to the part that lacked it,
The more ·respectable [presentable] parts of our body need no special care. But God put the body together and gave ·more [special] honor to the parts that need it
For our comely parts need it not: but God hath tempered the body together: and hath given the more honor to that part which lacked,
However, our presentable parts don’t need this kind of treatment. God has put the body together and given special honor to the part that doesn’t have it.
which the more beautiful parts do not need. God himself has put the body together in such a way as to give greater honor to those parts that need it.
But our presentable parts have no need of clothing. Instead, God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the less honorable,
The more beautiful parts of our body need no special care. But God put the body together and gave more honor to the parts that need it.
However, our attractive parts don’t need this. But God has put the body together and has given special honor to the parts that lack it,
Now the body is not one member but many. If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand I don’t belong to the body,” does that alter the fact that the foot is a part of the body? Of if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye I don’t belong to the body,” does that mean that the ear really is no part of the body? After all, if the body were all one eye, for example, where would be the sense of hearing? Or if it were all one ear, where would be the sense of smell? But God has arranged all the parts in the one body according to his design. For if everything were concentrated in one part, how could there be a body at all? The fact is there are many parts, but only one body. So that the eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” nor, again, can the head say to the feet, “I don’t need you!” On the contrary, those parts of the body which have no obvious function are the more essential to health: and to those parts of the body which seem to us to be less deserving of notice we have to allow the highest honour of function. The parts which do not look beautiful have a deeper beauty in the work they do, while the parts which look beautiful may not be at all essential to life! But God has harmonised the whole body by giving importance of function to the parts which lack apparent importance, that the body should work together as a whole with all the members in sympathetic relationship with one another. So it happens that if one member suffers all the other members suffer with it, and if one member is honoured all the members share a common joy.
For those in us who are more honest need nothing, but God has ordered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that one which lacked,
For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked.
For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:
whereas our more presentable members have no such need. But God has so composed the body, giving more abundant honor to that member which lacked,
but our presentable parts do not have need of this. Yet God composed the body by giving more abundant honor to the part which lacked it,
while of course the parts that may be seen do not require this special care. So God has put the body together in such a way that extra honor and care are given to those parts that might otherwise seem less important.
But I also want you to think about how this keeps your significance from getting blown up into self-importance. For no matter how significant you are, it is only because of what you are a part of. An enormous eye or a gigantic hand wouldn’t be a body, but a monster. What we have is one body with many parts, each its proper size and in its proper place. No part is important on its own. Can you imagine Eye telling Hand, “Get lost; I don’t need you”? Or, Head telling Foot, “You’re fired; your job has been phased out”? As a matter of fact, in practice it works the other way—the “lower” the part, the more basic, and therefore necessary. You can live without an eye, for instance, but not without a stomach. When it’s a part of your own body you are concerned with, it makes no difference whether the part is visible or clothed, higher or lower. You give it dignity and honor just as it is, without comparisons. If anything, you have more concern for the lower parts than the higher. If you had to choose, wouldn’t you prefer good digestion to full-bodied hair?
whereas our more respectable parts have no need of this. But God has composed the body, having given more abundant honor to that part which lacks it,
· whereas our presentable members have no such need. Instead, · God has so arranged the body, giving greater honor to the member that lacked it,
However, our presentable parts don’t need this kind of treatment. God has put the body together and given special honor to the part that doesn’t have it.
whereas our more presentable parts do not need this. But God has so constructed the body as to give greater honor to a part that is without it,
whereas our more presentable parts have no need of it. But God has so composed the body, giving more abundant honor to that part which lacked,
whereas our more presentable members have no need of it. But God has so composed the body, giving more abundant honor to that member which lacked,
whereas our more respectable members have no need of this. But God has so designed the body as to give greater honor to the more humble parts,
The more respectable parts of our body need no special care. But God put the body together and gave more honor to the parts that need it
but our presentable members do not need this. Instead, God has blended together the body, giving greater honor to the lesser member,
The parts that can be shown don’t need special care. But God has put together all the parts of the body. And he has given more honor to the parts that didn’t have any.
while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it,
while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honour to the parts that lacked it,
but our presentable parts have no need. But God composed the body, having given greater honor to that part which lacks it,
The parts that can be seen do not need as much care. God has made the body so more care is given to the parts that need it most.
while the more honorable parts do not require this special care. So God has put the body together such that extra honor and care are given to those parts that have less dignity.
For our respectable members do not need it. But God has thus disposed the body, and has given more honour to that part which lacked,
whereas our more respectable members do not need this. But God has so arranged the body, giving the greater honour to the inferior member,
whereas our more respectable members do not need this. But God has so arranged the body, giving the greater honour to the inferior member,
whereas our more respectable members do not need this. But God has so arranged the body, giving the greater honor to the inferior member,
whereas our more respectable members do not need this. But God has so arranged the body, giving the greater honor to the inferior member,
which our more presentable parts don’t need. In fact, God has made the body a single, organized whole; he has given greater honor to the lesser part,
Whereas, our evarim with greater kibbud have no need of more. However, Hashem has so composed the achdus yichudim (unit, harmony of unifications) of the body, giving the superior kibbud to the inferior,
For the presentable of us have no need. But God has blended the body together, and has given more honor to that which lacked,
which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving the greater honor to the inferior part,
which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so adjusted the body, giving the greater honor to the inferior part,
but our presentable parts have no such need. Rather God assembled the body, giving more honor to those who are lacking,
That’s something the more presentable members don’t need. But God designed the body in such a way that greater significance is given to the seemingly insignificant part.
while our presentable parts have no such need. But God composed the body together, giving more abundant honor to the inferior part,
He did this so that the body would not be divided into groups, but all the parts would help each other. 26 ) If one part has trouble, then all the other parts are troubled too. If one part is praised, then all the other parts are glad with it.
For our seemly members have need of none; but God tempered the body, giving more honour to it, to whom it failed, [Forsooth our honest members of none have need; but God tempered the body, giving more worship to it, to whom it failed,]
and our seemly things have no need; but God did temper the body together, to the lacking part having given more abundant honour,
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