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whereasδὲourἡμῶνpresentable partsτὰ εὐσχήμοναhaveἔχειnoοὐneed.χρείανButἀλλὰGodὁ θεὸςhas put togetherσυνεκέρασενthe body,τὸ σῶμαgivingδοὺςgreaterπερισσοτέρανhonorτιμήνto the part that lacks it,τῷ ὑστεροῦντι
1 Corinthians 12:24
Study it in the app“whereas our presentable parts have no need. But God has put together the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacks it,”
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With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 12:24, word by word
- presentable partsεὐσχήμοναeuschēmona
presentable
What is proper and seemly.
Where else “euschēmona” appears- haveἔχειechei
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echei” appears- needχρείανchreian
need
What is lacking, required.
Where else “chreian” appears- Godθεὸςtheos
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theos” appears- has put togetherσυνεκέρασενsynekerasen
blend
To blend different parts into one body, in harmony.
Where else “synekerasen” appears- the bodyσῶμαsōma
body
The person in his physical part, living or dead.
Where else “sōma” appears- givingδοὺςdous
give
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “dous” appears- greaterπερισσοτέρανperissoteran
more, greater
More, greater; all the more.
Where else “perissoteran” appears- honorτιμήνtimēn
honor
The respect and esteem given to someone for who they are.
Where else “timēn” appears- to the part that lacks itὑστεροῦντιhysterounti
be worse off
To be less than another.
Where else “hysterounti” appears
The context
23and those parts of the body that we think to be less honorable, on these we bestow greater honor, and our unpresentable parts have greater decorum,
24 · This verse (above)
25so that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may care equally for one another.