1 Corinthians 12:23

“And those members of the body, etc.] 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; (see Gill on “<400629>Matthew 6:29”), 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…”

“less honourable--"We think" the feet and the belly "less honorable," though not really so in the nature of things. bestow . . . honour--putting shoes on (Margin) the feet, and clothes to cover the belly. uncomely parts--the secret parts: the poorest, though unclad in the rest of the body, cover these.”

“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…”

“We surround with more abundant honour - By so carefully covering them. More abundant comeliness - By the help of dress. 1 Corinthians 12:24”

“bestow: or, put on, Gen 3:7, Gen 3:21 1 Corinthians 12:24”