1 Corinthians 12:22 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
But much more the members of the body which seem to be more infirm are necessary,
English ASV
Nay, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be more feeble are necessary:
English Amplified
But instead, there is [absolute] necessity for the parts of the body that are considered the more weak.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
But instead, there is [absolute] necessity for the parts of the body that are considered the more weak.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
On the contrary, those parts of the body that are weaker are indispensable.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
But much rather, the members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary;
English EASY 2024
No. Even the parts of a body that seem to be weaker are very necessary.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
No, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are really very important.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,
English GNT (Good News Translation)
On the contrary, we cannot do without the parts of the body that seem to be weaker;
English God's Word - GW 1995
The opposite is true. The parts of the body that we think are weaker are the ones we really need.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
On the contrary, all the more, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are necessary.
English KJV 1611
Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:
English LSB
On the contrary, how much more is it that the members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary,
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
No, those parts of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
On the contrary, it is much truer that the members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary;
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
Indeed, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are all the more necessary,
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
On the contrary, those members that seem to be weaker are essential,
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
In fact, it is just the opposite. The parts of the body that seem to be weaker are the ones we can't do without.
English NIV
On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,
English NKJ 1982
No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary.
English NLT
In fact, some of the parts that seem weakest and least important are really the most necessary.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
On the contrary, the members of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
In fact, the weaker our parts, the more vital and essential they are.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
On the contrary, the parts of the body which seem to be weaker are indispensable,
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
And some of the parts that seem weakest and least important are really the most necessary.
English Tyndale 1537
Yea rather a great deal those members of the body which seem to be most feeble, are most necessary.