1 Corinthians 12:24
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:”
τιμή
Honour, value, price, esteem. Time. You were bought with a price therefore glorify God in your body. Your body is not your own. It was purchased. Use it to honour the one who bought it.
ὑστερέω
is become lacking
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ὑστερέω
To fall short, to be behind, to lack. Hustereo. All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. The gap between who we are and who God is can only be bridged by grace.
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θεός
God
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θεός
God. Theos. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The ultimate reality. The source of all existence. Personal knowable and present.
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δίδωμι
having given
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δίδωμι
To give, to grant, to bestow. Didomi. God so loved the world that He gave. Giving is the language of love. The greatest gift is always the giver themselves.
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ἔχω
have.
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ἔχω
To have, to hold, to possess. I have learned in whatever state I am to be content. Contentment is not about having more but appreciating what you have.
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χρεία
need
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χρεία
employment, i.e. an affair; also (by implication) occasion, demand, requirement or destitution
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σῶμα
body
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σῶμα
the body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively
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συγκεράννυμι
who] has composed
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συγκεράννυμι
to commingle, i.e. (figuratively) to combine or assimilate
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εὐσχήμων
the presentable parts
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εὐσχήμων
well-formed, i.e. (figuratively) decorous, noble (in rank)
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περισσότερος
more excessive
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περισσότερος
more superabundant (in number, degree or character)
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