1 Corinthians 12:24
Good News Translation
which the more beautiful parts do not need. God himself has put the body together in such a way as to give greater honor to those parts that need it.

Contemporary English Version
but we don't have to be modest about other parts. God put our bodies together in such a way that even the parts that seem the least important are valuable.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, giving to that which wanted the more abundant honour.

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But our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, giving to that which wanted the more abundant honour.

Genesis 2:25 And they were both naked: to wit, Adam and his wife: and were not ashamed.

Genesis 3:11 And he said to him: And who hath told thee that thou wast naked, but that thou hast eaten of the tree whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat?

Context
The Body of Christ
23And such as we think to be the less honourable members of the body, about these we put more abundant honour: and those that are our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness. 24But our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, giving to that which wanted the more abundant honour. 25That there might be no schism in the body: but the members might be mutually careful one for another.…
Cross References
Matthew 5:29
And if thy right eye scandalize thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee. For it is expedient for thee that one of thy members should perish, rather than thy whole body be cast into hell.

1 Corinthians 12:23
And such as we think to be the less honourable members of the body, about these we put more abundant honour: and those that are our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.

1 Corinthians 12:25
That there might be no schism in the body: but the members might be mutually careful one for another.

Additional Translations
whereas our presentable parts have no such need. But God has composed the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it,

but our presentable parts have no need. But God has composed the body, having given more abundant honor to the parts being deficient,

For our comely parts have no need: but God has tempered the body together, having given more abundant honor to that part which lacked.

whereas our comely parts have no need: but God tempered the body together, giving more abundant honor to that part which lacked;

but our comely [parts] have not need. But God has tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to [the part] that lacked;

whereas our comely parts have no need: but God tempered the body together, giving more abundant honour to that part which lacked;

For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honor to that part which lacked:

But it was God who built up the body, and bestowed more abundant honor on the part that felt the need,

whereas our presentable parts have no such need. But God composed the body together, giving more abundant honor to the inferior part,

and our seemly things have no need; but God did temper the body together, to the lacking part having given more abundant honour,
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