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If the foot would say, "Because I`m not the hand, I`m not part of the body," it is not therefore not part of the body.
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Your Feelings Don't Define You
Paul uses the example of a foot feeling inferior to a hand. Commentators stress that the foot's feeling of uselessness doesn't change the fact that it is an essential part of the body. A Christian's feelings of inadequacy or of not belonging do not remove them from the body of Christ. As multiple scholars note, your perception does not alter the reality of your membership.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
If the foot shall say, etc. The same figure and illustration that Paul uses here also occurs in pagan writers. It occurs in the fable used…
If the foot shall say (εαν ειπη ο πους). Condition of third class (εαν and second aorist subjunctive ειπη). In case the foot say.<…
19th Century
Anglican
Is it therefore not of the body?—It is better to render this as, It is not on that account not of the body. Cons…
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Baptist
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 bo…
Paul now emphasizes the necessity of having diversity in a body for it to operate as one. Each part (such as the eye or the ear) must be willing to…
16th Century
Protestant
This is a further elaboration (ἐπεξεργασία) of the preceding statement, or in other words, an exposition of it, with some amplification, w…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
If the foot shall say The lowest member of the body, which is nearest the earth, treads upon it, sustains the whole weight of …
Christ and His church form one body, as Head and members. Christians become members of this body by baptism. The outward rite is of divine institut…
13th Century
Catholic
Having laid out the distinction among spiritual gifts, the Apostle now explains it using the analogy of a natural body. He first presents the analo…
