Charles Spurgeon Commentary 1 Corinthians 12:14-15

"For the body is not one member, but many. If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; it is not therefore not of the body." — 1 Corinthians 12:14-15 (ASV)

For the body is not one member, but many. If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? (1 Corinthians 12:14–15)

Do not compare yourself with others, saying, "Ah! if I were such-and-such a person, I might then think myself to be part of Christ's body." No, you might not, even if you were just like him. Just as there are only certain kinds of members in a man's body, so, by the same reasoning, there would not be more than a certain number of members alike in the mystical body. We do not imagine that there will be many members of this body, the Church, of one class or of one character; so that, if you are different from others, you are filling a different office in the body. You may, from that fact, draw an inference of comfort rather than one of sorrow and despondency.

Even if you say, "Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body, are you therefore not of the body?" Oh, no! You are still of the body, though you do not think that you are.