1 Corinthians 12:24 (WEB)
while our presentable parts have no such need. But God composed the body together, giving more abundant honor to the inferior part,
Fathers and councils · 8
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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John Damascene
“Let us honour the apostles as the Lord’s brothers, who saw Him face to face and ministered to His passion, for whom God the Father did foreknow He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son, first apostles, second prophets, third pastors and teachers.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 24.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…self-same care one for another: and whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it: or one member be glorified, all the members rejoice with it.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 24, 25, 26
Read the whole comment“Listen to the Apostle saying, “God hath tempered the body, giving unto that which lacked the greater honor;” when he was speaking of the different members that there should be no schisms in the body.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 24
Read the whole comment“Do all interpret?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 8–30.
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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 · 12
Cited together in On the Creed Chapter 13.
Cited together in On the Creed Chapter 13.
Cited together in On the Creed Chapter 13.
Cited together in On Continence Chapter 24.
Cited together in On the Creed Chapter 13.
Cited together in On Continence Chapter 24.
Cited together in On the Creed Chapter 13.
Cited together in On the Creed Chapter 13.
Cited together in On Continence Chapter 24.
Cited together in On Continence Chapter 24.
Cited together in On the Creed Chapter 13.
Cited together in On Continence Chapter 24.