“That is true, and to the point that those who win reward by their works will inevitably throw their crowns at Jesus’ feet. None deserve any glory but Christ.”
O.k.: it’s very clear that we have very different understandings about the nature of the Body—either we become one Body or we don’t.
I Cor 12:22-26
“Indeed, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are all the more necessary, and those parts of the body that we consider less honorable we surround with greater honor, and our less presentable parts are treated with greater propriety, whereas our more presentable parts do not need this. But God has so constructed the body as to give greater honor to a part that is without it, so that there may be no division in the body, but that the parts may have the same concern for one another. If (one) part suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if one part is honored, all the parts share its joy.”
Of course we become one body, but that is *not* because we deserve it. That is fully a matter of Christ's benevolence.