Charles Spurgeon Commentary Ephesians 4:15-16

"but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, [even] Christ; from whom all the body fitly framed and knit together through that which every joint supplieth, according to the working in [due] measure of each several part, maketh the increase of the body unto the building up of itself in love." — Ephesians 4:15-16 (ASV)

But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: from whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

Every part of the body supplies something essential to the whole. There are certain sacs and vessels whose use we cannot tell; even the best anatomist does not know what their uses are, but he does know that if they are not there, health cannot be maintained, and, in some instances, life itself would expire if some vessel, quite insignificant, should be taken away. Let us believe that all God's people are essential to the completion of the body of Christ, and that all the workers and all the sufferers, too, are needed to make up the Church of which Christ is the Head.