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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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Verse 15. If the foot, and so forth By this comparison Saint Paul teaches the Corinthians, that as all cannot exercise the same functions in the Church, so no one should be envious of his brother; but that by their mutual charity, co-operation, union of hearts, and faith, they should compose one body, of which Christ is the head. Calmet.
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