1 Corinthians 12:24
For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:
KJV
τὰ δὲ εὐσχήμονα ἡμῶν οὐ χρείαν ἔχει. ἀλλὰ ὁ θεὸς συνεκέρασεν τὸ σῶμα, τῷ ὑστερουμένῳ περισσοτέραν δοὺς τιμήν,
Greek NT
Honesta autem nostra nullius egent : sed Deus temperavit corpus, ei cui deerat, abundantiorem tribuendo honorem,
Vulgate
whereas our comely parts have no need: but God tempered the body together, giving more abundant honor to that part which lacked;
ASV
But our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, giving to that which wanted the more abundant honour.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ἔχει — SBLGNT
- ἔχει — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Nestle-Aland 27, Robinson-Pierpont
- + τιμῆς — Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ὑστεροῦντι — SBLGNT
- ὑστεροῦντι — Robinson-Pierpont
- ὑστερουμένῳ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
To the saints honour must be paid as friends of Christ, as sons and heirs of God: in the words of John the theologian and evangelist, As many as received Him, to them gave He power to became sons of God. John 1:12 So that they are no longer servants, but sons: and if sons, also heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ : and the Lord in the holy Gospels says to His apostl…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 12:18 — But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.