1Ⅲ In order to live together with other members in the reality of the Body of Christ, we all need to have the consciousness of the Body of Christ — 1 Cor. 12:24-27; 2 Cor. 11:28-29:
2A “When Brother Nee taught about the Body, he said that with whatever we do, we have to consider how the churches would feel about it” — The Problems Causing the Turmoils in the Church Life, pp. 28-29.
3B In the Body there can be no independence or individualism, for we are members, and members cannot live in detachment from the Body — 1 Cor. 12:27; Rom. 12:5; Eph. 5:30.
4C Our living with all that we have is in the Body, through the Body, and for the Body; this is the kind of person God is looking for today; may the Lord deliver us from individualism.
5D Those who see that they are members of the Body treasure the Body and honor the other members; in the Body of Christ everyone is a member and nothing more than a member; hence, no member can live without the other members, much less despise them — 1 Cor. 12:15, 21, 23-24; Rom. 12:3; Phil. 2:29; 1 Cor. 16:18; Judg. 9:9.
6E Every member has a function, and all the functions are for the Body; the function of one member is the function of the whole Body; for this reason we should not imitate other members or be covetous of other members (1 Cor. 12:15); at the same time we should not despise other members, thinking that we are better and more useful (v. 21); every believer is a member in the Body of Christ, and every believer is indispensable.