I have two points and only two points.
Unity. Paul wants unity in the church. It reminds me of star trek voyager and the borg. The borg got it right to have unity within so many people as the "collective" but they got it wrong when they lost their uniqueness. Being united does not mean having to be the same as shown by the borg colony on a M class planet disconnected from the collective. This colony survived because they wanted to be united as one through thought but remain different according to who they were. In the same way, the church is made up of all different kinds of people. Some are eyes, some are bodies and so forth, but we all make up one unit: the body. Wow...sound so nerdy there....but it's so true. Have you ever seen how God's principles show up again and again in science? Who says faith and science don't go together?
Humility. Paul knew his place just like John the Baptist did. It was not a matter of recognition for Paul. He knew he was sent to preach the gospel. He was not there to become king; he was not there to become a teacher of the law; he was not there to baptize. He was there to preach the gospel and that is what he did. He did what God wanted to do. It was not an easy path, but he did it anyways. It was full of thorns, full of difficulties and such, but he did it anyways.
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