17 Bible Verses about Inferiority

In weakness and fear and great trembling came I among you.

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

When Simon Peter saw this he fell down at the knees of Jesus, exclaiming, "Depart from me, O Lord, for I am a sinful man!"

When I saw him, I fell at his feet as one dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying. "Fear not; I am the first and the last, and the Living One.

For you keep saying, "I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing," and do not know that you are the wretched one, and pitiable and beggared and blind and naked.

Let no one despise you on account of your youth, but become an example for the faithful in word, in life, in love, in faith, in purity.

"There is no disciple who is above his master; But every one when he is completely trained will be like his master.

"A pupil is not above his teacher, nor a slave above his masters.

In solemn truth I tell you that a slave is not greater than his master, neither is a messenger greater than the one who sends him.

"Remember what I told you, 'A slave is not better than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you. If they have obeyed my word, they will obey yours also.

For I am the least of the apostles, I who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

To me, who am less than the least of all saints, has this grace been given, that I should proclaim among the Gentiles the gospel of the unsearchable riches of Christ;

then he said to them. "Whoever shall receive this little child in my name receives me; and whoever shall receive me receives him that sent me. For it is the lowliest among you all who is great."

"In solemn truth I tell you that there has not arisen among those born of women a greater than John the Baptist; yet one of the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

"I tell you that among all that are born of women not one is greater than John; yet he that is little in the kingdom of God is greater than he."

"So whoever breaks one of these least commandments, and teaches others to break them, will be least in the kingdom of heaven. But he who keeps them and teaches them, he will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that "Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners"! And there is no greater sinner than I! Yet for this very cause I obtained mercy, so that in me, the chief of sinners, Jesus Christ might display all his boundless patience as an illustration for those who should later believe in him, and so gain life eternal.