We bestow (peritithemen). Literally, We place around as if a garland (Mar 15:17) or a garment (Mat 27:28).
More abundant comeliness (euschēmosunēn perissoteran). One need only mention the mother’s womb and the mother’s breast to see the force of Paul’s argument here. The word, common in old Greek, from euschēmōn (eu, well, schēma, figure), here only in N.T. One may think of the coal-miner who digs under the earth for the coal to keep us warm in winter. So aschēmōn (deformed, uncomely), old word, here only in N.T., but see note on 1Co 7:36 for aschēmoneō.