“It may shock you, in this modern age, to see that Paul does not deal with
the problem of pride by appealing to the concept of equality…Paul’s larger
emphasis in these chapters is the unity of the church….(T)he shocking thing
here is that the church is not called to unity by seeing our equality, but
by seeing our diversity.  Certainly, Paul has earlier emphasized the
equality of all people - in that we have nothing of value to offer God and
have done nothing to deserve anything good from God at all.…(but) the
central point here is that each believer has something unique to contribute
to the proper functioning of Christ’s body, and that despite our many
inequalities, we can have unity when we each offer ourselves as living
sacrifices to God by existing for each others’ good…”

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