1 Corinthians 12:23

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And those [members] of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely [parts] have more abundant comeliness.

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  • Gen 3:7 : 7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they [were] naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
  • Gen 3:21 : 21 ¶ Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

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    14For the body is not one member, but many.

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    17If the whole body [were] an eye, where [were] the hearing? If the whole [were] hearing, where [were] the smelling?

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