1 Corinthians 12:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And to those parts of the body which seem to have less honour we give all the more honour; and to those parts of the body which are a cause of shame to us we give the greater respect;

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  • Gen 3:7 : 7 And their eyes were open and they were conscious that they had no clothing and they made themselves coats of leaves stitched together.
  • Gen 3:21 : 21 And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins for their clothing.

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  • 1 Cor 12:24-27
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    24But those parts of the body which are beautiful have no need of such care: and so the body has been joined together by God in such a way as to give more honour to those parts which had need of it;

    25So that there might be no division in the body; but all the parts might have the same care for one another.

    26And if there is pain in one part of the body, all the parts will be feeling it; or if one part is honoured, all the parts will be glad.

    27Now you are the body of Christ, and every one of you the separate parts of it.

  • 1 Cor 12:14-22
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    14For the body is not one part, but a number of parts.

    15If the foot says, Because I am not the hand, I am not a part of the body; it is no less a part of the body.

    16And if the ear says, Because I am not the eye, I am not a part of the body; it is a part of the body all the same.

    17If all the body was an eye, where would be the hearing? if all was hearing, where would be the smelling?

    18But now God has put every one of the parts in the body as it was pleasing to him.

    19And if they were all one part, where would the body be?

    20But now they are all different parts, but one body.

    21And the eye may not say to the hand, I have no need of you: or again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.

    22No, those parts which seem to be feeble are the more necessary;

  • Rom 12:4-5
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    4For, as we have a number of parts in one body, but all the parts have not the same use,

    5So we, though we are a number of persons, are one body in Christ, and are dependent on one another;

  • 1 Cor 12:12
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    12For as the body is one, and has a number of parts, and all the parts make one body, so is Christ.

  • Luke 12:23
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    23Is not life more than food, and the body than its clothing?

  • Col 2:23
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    23These things seem to have a sort of wisdom in self-ordered worship and making little of oneself, and being cruel to the body, not honouring it by giving it its natural use.

  • Eph 1:23
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    23Which is his body, the full measure of him in whom all things are made complete.

  • Eph 5:30
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    30Because we are parts of his body.

  • 1 Cor 6:15
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    15Do you not see that your bodies are part of the body of Christ? how then may I take what is a part of the body of Christ and make it a part of the body of a loose woman? such a thing may not be.

  • 2 Cor 5:12
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    12We are not again requesting your approval, but we are giving you the chance of taking pride in us, so that you may be able to give an answer to those whose glory is in seeming, and not in the heart.

  • Phil 3:21
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    21By whom this poor body of ours will be changed into the image of the body of his glory, in the measure of the working by which he is able to put all things under himself.

  • 2 Cor 3:10-11
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    10For the glory of the first no longer seems to be glory, because of the greater glory of that which comes after.

    11For if the order which was for a time had its glory, much more will the eternal order have its glory.

  • Eph 4:16
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    16Through whom all the body, being rightly formed and united together, by the full working of every part, is increased to the building up of itself in love.

  • Col 2:19
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    19And not joined to the Head, from whom all the body, being given strength and kept together through its joins and bands, has its growth with the increase of God.

  • 1 Pet 3:3
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    3Do not let your ornaments be those of the body such as dressing of the hair, or putting on of jewels of gold or fair clothing;

  • 1 Cor 4:10
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    10We are made to seem foolish for Christ, but you are wise in Christ; we are feeble, but you are strong; you have glory, but we have shame.

  • 1 Cor 1:29
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    29So that no flesh might have glory before God.

  • 1 Cor 15:40
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    40And there are bodies of heaven and bodies of earth, but the glory of the one is different from that of the other.

  • 1 Cor 9:12
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    12If others have a part in this right over you, have we not even more? But we did not make use of our right, so that we might put nothing in the way of the good news of Christ.

  • 2 Cor 5:3
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    3So that our spirits may not be unclothed.

  • Rom 15:1
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    1We who are strong have to be a support to the feeble, and not give pleasure to ourselves.

  • Rom 1:24
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    24For this reason God gave them up to the evil desires of their hearts, working shame in their bodies with one another:

  • Heb 12:12
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    12For this cause let the hands which are hanging down be lifted up, and let the feeble knees be made strong,

  • Rom 12:10
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    10Be kind to one another with a brother's love, putting others before yourselves in honour;

  • 1 Cor 4:6
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    6My brothers, it is because of you that I have taken Apollos and myself as examples of these things, so that in us you might see that it is not wise to go farther than what is in the holy Writings, so that no one of you may be lifted up against his brother.

  • 2 Cor 10:12
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    12For we will not make comparison of ourselves with some of those who say good things about themselves: but these, measuring themselves by themselves, and making comparison of themselves with themselves, are not wise.

  • 2 Cor 12:19
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    19It may seem to you that all this time we have been attempting to put ourselves in the right; but we are saying these things before God in Christ. For all things, dear brothers, are for your profit.

  • 1 Cor 12:31
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    31But let your desires be turned to the more important things given by the Spirit. And now I am pointing out to you an even better way.

  • 2 Thess 1:12
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    12So that glory may be given to the name of our Lord Jesus through you, and you may have glory in him, by the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

  • 2 Cor 1:12
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    12For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, but in the grace of God.

  • 2 Cor 4:7
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    7But we have this wealth in vessels of earth, so that it may be seen that the power comes not from us but from God;

  • 1 Cor 15:53
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    53For this body which comes to destruction will be made free from the power of death, and the man who is under the power of death will put on eternal life.

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    7Give attention to the things which are before you. If any man seems to himself to be Christ's, let him keep in mind that we are as much Christ's as he is.

    8For though I might take pride in our authority (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for your destruction), it will not be a cause of shame to me:

  • 2 Cor 4:12
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    12So then, death is working in us, but life in you.

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    12That you may be respected by those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.

  • 2 Cor 4:17
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    17For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;