Which the more beautiful parts. We beautify our bodies by covering up certain parts and decorating others with items of clothing. But our head, face, and hands don't need such coverings. The point is that the strong members of the church ought to work for the good of the weak, and the weak should get rid of all jealousy and envy, to work for the good of the strong. When you help the other person, you are helping yourself, since you are part of the body. God himself. This strong statement of God's work in structuring the physical organs of the human body was (and is) necessary when many thought matter was totally evil and looked at physical needs as degrading. Compare 1 Timothy 4:3; Colossians 2:23; 1 Corinthians 6:13; 1 Corinthians 7:3-5.

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