He knew and we must realize that spiritual peace derives from a new relationship with God and spiritual satisfaction in relationship to others. Paul also knew that relationship to others, in many ways, turned on the tricky and destructive perils of pride. He therefore urged people in the Christian community not to think more highly of themselves than they should because of the gifts given them through the grace of God, but to prize and use those gifts for the good of the whole body. And so it should be for us. We too have been given gifts that should be offered for the good of this whole community of which each of us is a part.
Pride can prevent our full participation in the life of the community.
When our notions of superiority in the faith overtake us, we are tempted to withdraw from the life of the body and practice an individual or small group privatized kind of piety while standing in judgment of others. Don't cherish exaggerated ideas of yourself or your importance, but try to have a sane estimate of your capabilities by the light of the faith that God has given to you all. For just as you have many members in one physical body and those members differ in their functions, so we, though many in number, comprise one Body in Christ and are all members of one another. It is no accident that Paul uses the symbol of a living organism to define the characteristics of a true community. His analogy could easily be understood.