1 Corinthians 12:24

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But 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;

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  • Gen 2:25 : 25 And the man and his wife were without clothing, and they had no sense of shame.
  • Gen 3:11 : 11 And he said, Who gave you the knowledge that you were without clothing? Have you taken of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take?

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  • 1 Cor 12:14-23
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    91%

    14 For the body is not one part, but a number of parts.

    15 If 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.

    16 And 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.

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

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

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

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

    21 And 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.

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

    23 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;

  • 1 Cor 12:25-27
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    81%

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

    26 And 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.

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

  • Rom 12:4-6
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    4 For, as we have a number of parts in one body, but all the parts have not the same use,

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

    6 And having different qualities by reason of the grace given to us, such as the quality of a prophet, let it be made use of in relation to the measure of our faith;

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

  • Eph 4:16
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    16 Through 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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    19 And 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.

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

  • Eph 5:29-30
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    29 For no man ever had hate for his flesh; but he gives it food and takes care of it, even as Christ does for the church;

    30 Because we are parts of his body.

  • Col 2:23
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    23 These 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.

  • 1 Cor 6:15
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    15 Do 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.

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

  • 1 Cor 15:38
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    38 But God gives it a body, as it is pleasing to him, and to every seed its special body.

  • 1 Thess 4:12
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    12 That you may be respected by those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.

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

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

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

  • Heb 11:40
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    40 Because God had kept some better thing for us, so that it was not possible for them to become complete without us.

  • Eph 4:12
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    12 For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ:

  • 1 Cor 6:13
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    13 Food is for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will put an end to them together. But the body is not for the desires of the flesh, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:

  • 1 Cor 4:6-7
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    6 My 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.

    7 For who made you better than your brother? or what have you that has not been given to you? but if it has been given to you, what cause have you for pride, as if it had not been given to you?

  • 1 Cor 6:19-20
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    19 Or are you not conscious that your body is a house for the Holy Spirit which is in you, and which has been given to you by God? and you are not the owners of yourselves;

    20 For a payment has been made for you: let God be honoured in your body.

  • 2 Cor 4:7
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    7 But 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 15:40
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    40 And there are bodies of heaven and bodies of earth, but the glory of the one is different from that of the other.

  • Phil 1:24
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    24 Still, to go on in the flesh is more necessary because of you.

  • 2 Cor 5:12
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    12 We 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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    21 By 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.

  • 1 Thess 4:4
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    4 So that every one of you may keep his body holy and in honour;

  • 1 Pet 3:3
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    3 Do 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;

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

  • 2 Cor 10:12-13
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    12 For 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.

    13 We will not give glory to ourselves in over-great measure, but after the measure of the rule which God has given us, a measure which comes even to you.

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

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    10 We 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 12:31
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    31 But 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.