1 Corinthiens 12:23

Darby's French Translation

et les membres du corps que nous estimons être les moins honorables, nous les environnons d'un honneur plus grand; et nos membres qui ne sont pas décents sont les plus parés,

Parallel Translations

La Bible David Martin (1744)
Et ceux que nous estimons �tre les moins honorables au corps, nous les ornons avec plus de soin, et les parties qui sont en nous les moins belles � voir, sont les plus par�es.

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Et ceux que nous estimons les moins honorables dans le corps, nous les entourons d'un plus grand honneur; de sorte que ceux qui sont les moins honn�tes, sont les plus honor�s.

Louis Segond (1910)
et ceux que nous estimons �tre les moins honorables du corps, nous les entourons d'un plus grand honneur. Ainsi nos membres les moins honn�tes re�oivent le plus d'honneur,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

bestow: or, put on, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:21

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 garments are his honour and glory; :-, so the poor members of Christ's church, who are thought to be, though they really are not, the less honourable, have the more abundant honour conferred on them by God and Christ: God has chosen the poor of this world; Christ has sent his Gospel to them; these the Spirit calls and sanctifies, and makes them all glorious within; these Christ has given his churches a particular charge to take care of now, and will own them as his brethren at the great day, before angels and men; as he now greatly honours them with his presence, a large experience of his grace, and the supply of his Spirit:

and our uncomely parts; which distinguish sexes, and are appointed for generation;

have more abundant comeliness; by an external covering and ornament, to preserve decency and modesty. I do not know who should be designed by these, unless backsliding believers, who have been suffered to fall into great sins; these are the uncomely parts of the church, who, when made sensible of their evils, are restored again, and received into the church; and a mantle of love is cast over all their failings; and all possible care taken that their faults may not be exposed to the world, that so the name of God, and ways of Christ, may not be blasphemed and evil spoken of.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 comely, and that is not covered and adorned as the other parts of the body are.

More abundant comeliness - We adorn and decorate the body with frivilous apparel. Those parts which decency requires us to conceal we not only cover, but we endeavor as far as we can to adorn them. The face in the mean time we leave uncovered. The idea is, that, in like manner, we should not despise or disregard those members of the church who are of lower rank, or who are less favored than others with spiritual endowments.