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1 Corinthians 12:20-27

20ButnowG1161theyaremanyπολλὰpollaG4183membersμέλη,melēG3196,butoneἓνhenG1520bodyσῶμα.sōmaG4983.

21AndtheeyeὀφθαλμὸςophthalmosG3788cannotsayG3004tothehandχειρί·cheiriG5495,IhavenoneedχρείανchreianG5532ofthee:oragainπάλινpalinG3825theheadκεφαλὴkephalēG2776tothefeetG4228,IhavenoneedχρείανchreianG5532ofyou.

22Nay,muchπολλῷpollōG4183ratherμᾶλλονmallonG3123,thosemembersμέληmelēG3196ofthebodyσώματοςsōmatosG4983whichseemδοκοῦνταdokountaG1380tobeG1510moreG3123feebleareG1510necessaryG316:

23andthosepartsofthebodyσώματος,sōmatosG4983,whichwethinkδοκοῦμενdokoumenG1380tobeG1510lesshonorable,uponthesewebestowmoreabundanthonorτιμὴνtimēnG5092;andouruncomely partshavemoreabundantcomeliness;

24whereasourcomely partshavenoneedχρείανchreianG5532:butGodθεὸςtheosG2316temperedthebodyσῶμαsōmaG4983together,givingG1325moreabundanthonorτιμήν,timēnG5092tothatpartwhichlackedὑστερουμένῳhusteroumenōG5302;

25thatthereshouldbeᾖēG1510noschisminthebodyσώματι,sōmatiG4983;butthatthemembersμέλη·melēG3196shouldhavethesameαὐτὸautoG846careoneἀλλήλωνallēlōnG240foranother.

26AndwhetheroneἓνhenG1520memberμέλος,melosG3196suffereth,allthemembersμέλη·melēG3196sufferπάσχειpascheiG3958withit;oroneἓνhenG1520memberμέλος,melosG3196ishonored,allthemembersμέλη.¶melēG3196rejoiceσυγχαίρειsugchaireiG4796withit.

27NowδέdeG1161yeareG1510thebodyσῶμαsōmaG4983ofChristΧριστοῦChristouG5547,andseverallymembersμέληmelēG3196thereof.

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