1 Corinthians 12:23 — Greek Interlinear

Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 12:23

“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.” In every clause adding the term “body,” and thereby both consoling the one and checking the other. “For I affirm not this only, ” says he, “that the greater have need of the less, but that they have also much need. Since if there be anything weak in us, if anything dishonorable, this is both necessary and enjoys…