OET interlinear 1 COR 12:23

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

καὶ ἃ δοκοῦμεν ἀτιμότερα εἶναι τοῦ σώματος, τούτοις τιμὴν περισσοτέραν περιτίθεμεν; καὶ τὰ ἀσχήμονα ἡμῶν, εὐσχημοσύνην περισσοτέραν ἔχει;

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: καί ἅ δοκοῦμεν ἀτιμότερα εἶναι τοῦ σώματος τούτοις τιμήν περισσοτέραν περιτίθεμεν καί τά ἀσχήμονα ἡμῶν εὐσχημοσύνην περισσοτέραν ἔχει)

Throughout this verse, Paul is most likely thinking about how we carefully wear clothing that covers our less honorable and unpresentable body parts. He does not specify which body parts these would be, but it is likely that he has genital organs in mind. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state explicitly that Paul has clothing in mind as the way we bestow some body parts with greater honor or give them more dignity. Alternate translation: [and those of the body which we think to be less honorable, we bestow them greater honor by clothing them; and our unpresentable members have more dignity because of the care we take to cover them]

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

ἃ & τοῦ σώματος

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: καί ἅ δοκοῦμεν ἀτιμότερα εἶναι τοῦ σώματος τούτοις τιμήν περισσοτέραν περιτίθεμεν καί τά ἀσχήμονα ἡμῶν εὐσχημοσύνην περισσοτέραν ἔχει)

Here, those refers back to the “members” in [12:22](../12/22.md). If it would be helpful in your language, you could express those with “members” instead. Alternate translation: [the members of the body which]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

ἃ δοκοῦμεν ἀτιμότερα εἶναι τοῦ σώματος, τούτοις τιμὴν περισσοτέραν περιτίθεμεν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: καί ἅ δοκοῦμεν ἀτιμότερα εἶναι τοῦ σώματος τούτοις τιμήν περισσοτέραν περιτίθεμεν καί τά ἀσχήμονα ἡμῶν εὐσχημοσύνην περισσοτέραν ἔχει)

Here Paul identifies what he is talking about first (those of the body which we think to be less honorable) and then refers back to that phrase by using them in his sentence. If your readers would be confused by this structure, you could restructure the sentence and indicate what Paul is talking about in another way. Alternate translation: [we bestow greater honor on those of the body which we think to be less honorable]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τούτοις τιμὴν περισσοτέραν περιτίθεμεν

˱around˲_these (Some words not found in SR-GNT: καί ἅ δοκοῦμεν ἀτιμότερα εἶναι τοῦ σώματος τούτοις τιμήν περισσοτέραν περιτίθεμεν καί τά ἀσχήμονα ἡμῶν εὐσχημοσύνην περισσοτέραν ἔχει)

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind honor, you can express the idea by using a verb such as “honor” or an adverb such as “honorably.” Alternate translation: [we treat them honorably] or [we honor them more]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism

τὰ ἀσχήμονα ἡμῶν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: καί ἅ δοκοῦμεν ἀτιμότερα εἶναι τοῦ σώματος τούτοις τιμήν περισσοτέραν περιτίθεμεν καί τά ἀσχήμονα ἡμῶν εὐσχημοσύνην περισσοτέραν ἔχει)

Here, unpresentable members is a polite way to refer to sexual organs. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express unpresentable members with a comparable polite term. Paul’s euphemism contrasts unpresentable with dignity. If possible, use a euphemism that similarly creates a contrast. Alternate translation: [our private parts]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

εὐσχημοσύνην περισσοτέραν ἔχει

propriety more_abundant ˓is˒_having

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind dignity, you can express the idea by using a verb such as “dignify” or an adjective such as “presentable.” Alternate translation: [are more dignified] or [are more presentable]