τιμὴν περισσοτέραν περιτίθεμεν. These we surround with more abundant honour, i.e. (1) by our admission that they are necessary to us, and (2) by the care we take of them. ‘The meanest trades are those with which we can least dispense. A nation may exist without an astronomer or philosopher, but the day-labourer is essential to the existence of man.’ Robertson. St Paul makes a distinction between the feebler and the less honourable members of the body.

ἀσχήμονα. See note on 1 Corinthians 7:36. Many of the most important, or at least the most necessary, functions of the body are performed by the parts which we thus regard.

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