1 Corinthians 12:22
Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:
KJV
ἀλλὰ πολλῷ μᾶλλον τὰ δοκοῦντα μέλη τοῦ σώματος ἀσθενέστερα ὑπάρχειν ἀναγκαῖά ἐστιν,
Greek NT
Sed multo magis quæ videntur membra corporis infirmiora esse, necessariora sunt :
Vulgate
Nay, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be more feeble are necessary:
ASV
Yea, much, more those that seem to be the more feeble members of the body are more necessary
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δοκέω
dokeo
verb · 62×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
μέλος
melos
noun · 34×
μᾶλλον
mallon
adverb · 81×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
σῶμα
soma
noun · 141×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἀναγκαῖος
anagkaios
adjective · 8×
ἀσθενής
asthenes
adjective · 25×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑπάρχω
uparcho
verb · 60×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§94For as the Apostle with good reason admonishes us: "Those that seem the more feeble members of the Body are more necessary; and those that we think the less honorable members of the Body, we surround with more abundant honour."[181] Conscious of the obligations of Our high office We deem it necessary to reiterate this grave statement today, when to Our profound grief We see at …
Having manifested what he was and what he is, he shows the great fruit of his confession; and being about to examine by what method God and the happy life may be found, he enlarges on the nature and power of memory. Then he examines his own acts, thoughts and affections, viewed under the threefold division of temptation; and commemorates the Lord, the one mediator of God and me…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 12:16 — And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
- Eccl 9:14 — There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
- Phil 2:4 — Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
- Prov 14:28 — In the multitude of people is the king’s honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
- Rom 15:1 — We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.