1 CORINTHIANS 12:24 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:”
While our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it — the visible parts need no protective covering, while the shameful parts receive it; this is how the body (organized by God) works: honor is distributed inversely to natural exposure and prestige, elevating the weak.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 12:24
“But our comely parts have no need:” That is, lest any should say, “Why what kind of speech is this, to despise the honorable and pay court to the less honored?” “we do not this in contempt,” says he, “but because they 'have no need.'” And see how large a measure of praise he thus sets down in brief, and so hastens on: a thing most conveniently and usefully done. And neither is he content with this, but adds also the cause, saying, “But God tempered the body together, giving…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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