哥林多前书 12:24
For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:
Context
This verse from 哥林多前书 Chapter 12 connects to 2 cross-references. 雅各书3:舌头是小小的肢体,能「说出夸大的话」——一点小火能烧着大片树林;「舌头就是火,在我们百体中,舌头是个罪恶的世界」;「从上头来的智慧,先是清洁,后是和平,温良柔顺,满有怜悯、多结善果,没有偏见,没有假冒。」
其他译本
whereas our comely parts have no need: but God tempered the body together, giving more abundant honor to that part which lacked;
and our seemly things have no need; but God did temper the body together, to the lacking part having given more abundant honour,
But those parts of the body which are beautiful have no need of such care: and so the body has been joined together by God in such a way as to give more honour to those parts which had need of it;