Tempered the body together (συνεκερασεν το σωμα). First aorist active indicative of συνκεραννυμ, to mix together, old word, but in…

For our comely parts. The face, etc.

Have no need. No need of clothing or ornament.

But God hath tempered the b…

For our comely parts have no need.—These words (better, and our comely parts have no need) conclude the former v…

Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary: and those members of the body, which we think to be less…

Here the emphasis is on the mutual dependence and concern of the various members of the body. As the organs of the human body—such as the eye, hand…

But God hath tempered the body together. He again repeats what he stated once before (1 Corinthians 12:18), but now more expli…

For our comely parts have no need
As the face, eyes, nose, lips, cheeks which stand in no need of an external coveri…

Christ and His church form one body, as Head and members. Christians become members of this body by baptism. The outward rite is of divine institut…

Having laid out the distinction among spiritual gifts, the Apostle now explains it using the analogy of a natural body. He first presents the analo…