Albert Barnes Commentary 1 Corinthians 12:24

"whereas our comely [parts] have no need: but God tempered the body together, giving more abundant honor to that [part] which lacked;" — 1 Corinthians 12:24 (ASV)

For our comely parts. The face, etc.

Have no need. No need of clothing or ornament.

But God hath tempered the body together. Literally, mingled or mixed; that is, God has made the parts to coalesce or be strictly and closely joined, and He has formed a strict union; He has also made one part dependent on another and necessary for the harmony and proper action of another.

Every part is useful, and all are fitted to the harmonious action of the whole. God has so arranged it, in order to produce harmony and equality in the body, that those parts which are less comely by nature should be more adorned and guarded by apparel.

Having given more abundant honour, etc., by making it necessary that we should labour to procure for it the needful clothing, thus making it more the object of our attention and care.

We thus bestow more abundant honour upon those parts of the body which a suitable protection from cold, heat, and storms, and the sense of comeliness, requires us to clothe and conceal. The term more abundant honour, therefore, refers to the greater attention, labour, and care which we bestow on those parts of the body.