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1 Corinthians 12:24

For our more respectable parts have no need: but God has arranged the body together, having given more abundant honor to that part which lacked:

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John Chrysostom

AD 407

That is, lest any should say, Why what kind of speech is this, to despise the honorable and pay court to the less honored? we do not this in contempt, says he, but because they 'have no need.' And see how large a measure of praise he thus sets down in brief, and so hastens on: a thing most conveniently and usefully done. And neither is he content with this, but adds also the cause, saying, But God tempered the body together, giving more abundant honor unto that part which lacked:

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