to stumble (8:9–10). Paul explicitly identified with the weak: “To the weak I became weak, to win the weak” (9:22). In chap. 11 the notion of shame and honor is a major motif in Paul’s discussion of the head covering (11:2–16) and the Lord’s Supper (11:17–22). All of this suggests that in 12:22–23 Paul’s analogies and word-choices concerning the body parts are carefully chosen. Third, and relatedly, God gives greater honor to the members that lack it according to his design (12:24b). God has combined,