1 Corinthians 12:22
1 Corinthians 12:19-24 The Message (MSG)
But I also want you to think about how this keeps your significance from getting blown up into self-importance. For no matter how significant you are, it is only because of what you are a part of. An enormous eye or a gigantic hand wouldn’t be a body, but a monster. What we have is one body with many parts, each its proper size and in its proper place. No part is important on its own. Can you imagine Eye telling Hand, “Get lost; I don’t need you”? Or, Head telling Foot, “You’re fired; your job has been phased out”? As a matter of fact, in practice it works the other way—the “lower” the part, the more basic, and therefore necessary. You can live without an eye, for instance, but not without a stomach. When it’s a part of your own body you are concerned with, it makes no difference whether the part is visible or clothed, higher or lower. You give it dignity and honor just as it is, without comparisons. If anything, you have more concern for the lower parts than the higher. If you had to choose, wouldn’t you prefer good digestion to full-bodied hair?
1 Corinthians 12:22 King James Version (KJV)
Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary
1 Corinthians 12:22 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
On the contrary, it is much truer that the members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary
1 Corinthians 12:22 New Century Version (NCV)
No! Those parts of the body that seem to be the weaker are really necessary.
1 Corinthians 12:22 American Standard Version (ASV)
Nay, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be more feeble are necessary
1 Corinthians 12:22 New International Version (NIV)
On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable
1 Corinthians 12:22 New King James Version (NKJV)
No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary.
1 Corinthians 12:22 Amplified Bible (AMP)
But quite the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are [absolutely] necessary
1 Corinthians 12:22 New Living Translation (NLT)
In fact, some parts of the body that seem weakest and least important are actually the most necessary.