1 Corinthians 12:22 (WEB)
No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary.
Fathers and councils · 7
Jerome
“…prefer the eye to the finger, nor the hand to the ear, but that if one be lost all mourn, is proved by the lesson which the apostle teaches the Corinthians:“Some members are more honourable, others excite the sense of shame: and those parts to which shame attaches are clothed with more abundant honour; whereas our…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 22–24.
Read the whole comment“Read Paul’s epistle to the Corinthians and learn how the one body is made up of different members.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 12–27.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Yet do I also magnify Thy name; and He who hath “overcome the world” maketh intercession to Thee for my sins, accounting me among the “feeble members” of His body, because Thine eyes saw that of him which was imperfect; and in Thy book all shall be written.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 22.
Read the whole comment“Do all interpret?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 8–30.
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Ambrose of Milan
“Of this the Apostle says well: “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 honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour, and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 22, 23.
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Tertullian
“This, too, I may confidently say: he who has likened the unity of our body throughout its manifold and divers members to the compacting together of the various gifts of the Spirit, shows also that there is but one Lord of the human body and of the Holy Spirit.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 12–30, compared with Eph. iv. 16.
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Gregory of Nyssa
“Looking, therefore, to their utility, to which of those parts which are deemed more honourable are these inferior?” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Cor. xii. 14–24.
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Cross-references · 10
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Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.18.
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