1 Corinthians 12:24
1 Corinthians 12:19-24 The Message (MSG)
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?
1 Corinthians 12:24 King James Version (KJV)
For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked
1 Corinthians 12:24 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
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
1 Corinthians 12:24 New Century Version (NCV)
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
1 Corinthians 12:24 American Standard Version (ASV)
whereas our comely parts have no need: but God tempered the body together, giving more abundant honor to that part which lacked
1 Corinthians 12:24 New International Version (Anglicised) (NIVUK)
while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honour to the parts that lacked it
1 Corinthians 12:24 New King James Version (NKJV)
but our presentable parts have no need. But God composed the body, having given greater honor to that part which lacks it
1 Corinthians 12:24 Amplified Bible (AMP)
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
1 Corinthians 12:24 New Living Translation (NLT)
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.