Charles Spurgeon Commentary 1 Corinthians 11:15

"But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering." — 1 Corinthians 11:15 (ASV)

If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?

Where are you, dear child of God, who are in the position of the foot? Have you been comparing yourself with some eminent Christian, who did much in his Master's service; and have you sorrowfully asked, "Why cannot I do what he did? I am only a poor foot, always touching the ground, often limping, and frequently needing to be washed." Well, suppose you could be made into a hand; it might be a gain to you in some respects, but it might be a loss to the rest of the body.

It would certainly be a loss to any of you if your feet were to be turned into hands, for you have need of feet; and the Church, which is here called by the name of Christ, needs its feet as much as it needs its hands. The mercy is that even if you have, in your anxiety—perhaps I ought to say, in your unbelief—been saying, "Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body," it does not matter what you have said, for that does not alter the fact.

Is it therefore not of the body? Of course, it is of the body still, whatever it may say.