And Jehu went out to the servants of his lord. And one said to him, Well? Why did this mad man come to you? And he said to them, You know the man and what he had to say.

The days of her judgment have come; the days of vengeance have come; Israel shall know it. The prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and the great hatred.

And certain philosophers from the Epicureans and from the Stoics met him. And some said, What will this babbler say? And others said, He seems to be an announcer of foreign demons (because he preached Jesus and the resurrection to them).

And he defending himself with these things, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, you rave! Your many letters turn you to insanity.

Are wise

Already you are full! Already you are rich! You have reigned as kings without us! And oh that indeed you did reign, that we also might reign with you.

Therefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.

How do you say, We are wise, and the Law of Jehovah is with us? Lo, certainly the lying pen of the scribes has written falsely.

We are weak

And I was with you in weakness and in fear, and in much trembling.

For indeed they say, the letters are weighty and powerful, but the bodily presence is weak, and his speech is contemptible.

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I do not burn?

And He said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may overshadow me.

Since you seek a proof of Christ speaking in me (who is not weak toward you, but is powerful in you;

But ye

I have fed you with milk and not with solid food, for you were not yet able to bear it; nor are you able even now.

So let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.

But we

One despising his friend lacks heart, but a man of understanding remains silent.

He is despised and rejected of men; a Man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as it were a hiding of faces from Him, He being despised, and we esteemed Him not.

The one hearing you hears Me, and he who despises you despises Me; he who rejects you also rejects Him who sent Me.

And He spoke this parable to certain ones who trusted in themselves, that they were righteous, and despised others:

Therefore he who despises does not despise man, but God, who also has given us His Holy Spirit.

General references

I was a mockery to all my people, their song all the day.

And I was with you in weakness and in fear, and in much trembling.

I speak as to wise men; you judge what I say.

Therefore let us go forth to Him outside the camp, bearing His reproach.