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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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1 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Corinthians 12:15
18th Century
Theologian
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…
AT Robertson
On 1 Corinthians 12:15
If the foot shall say (εαν ειπη ο πους). Condition of third class (εαν and second aorist subjunctive ειπη). In case the foot say.<…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Corinthians 12:15
19th Century
Bishop
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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Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Corinthians 12:14–15
19th Century
Preacher
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…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Corinthians 12:15
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…
John Calvin
On 1 Corinthians 12:15
16th Century
Theologian
This is a further elaboration (ἐπεξεργασία) of the preceding statement, or in other words, an exposition of it, with some amplification, w…
John Gill
On 1 Corinthians 12:15
17th Century
Pastor
If the foot shall say
The lowest member of the body, which is nearest the earth, treads upon it, sustains the whole weight of …
Matthew Henry
On 1 Corinthians 12:12–26
17th Century
Minister
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…