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.
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Gill's Exposition
And those members of the body,.... As the back parts of it:
which we think to be less honourable; though greatly useful,
upon these we bestow more abundant honour; by clothing them, for a man's…
Barnes' Notes
We bestow more abundant honour - Margin, “Put on.” The words rendered “abundant honor” here, refer to clothing. We bestow upon them more attention and honor then we do on the face that is deemed…
The apostle here makes out the truth of what was above asserted, and puts the gifted men among the Corinthians in mind of their duty, by comparing the church of Christ to a human body.
I. By telling…
Cambridge Bible
and those members of the body, which we think to be lets honourable, upon these we bestow(literally, these we surround with) more abundant honour i.e. by our admission that they are necessary to us.…