This man, I tell you, went home pardoned, rather than the other; for every one who exalts himself will be humbled, while every one who humbles himself shall be exalted."

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

Brothers, as an example of the patient endurance of suffering, take the Prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

The

Or 'are we to rouse the jealousy of the Lord'? Are we stronger than he?

That

Whoever shall exalt himself will be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself will be exalted.

He casts down princes from their thrones, and the lowly he uplifts,

Let a Brother in humble circumstances be proud of his exalted position, but a rich Brother of his humiliation;

In

Seeing that, while we were still powerless, Christ, in God's good time, died on behalf of the godless.

who gave himself as a ransom on behalf of all men. This must be our testimony, as opportunities present themselves;

and has revealed at his own time in his Message, with the proclamation of which I was entrusted by the command of God our Savior.

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And so with you--when you have done all that you have been told, still say 'We are but useless servants; we have done no more than we ought to have done.'"

And a dispute arose among them as to which of them was to be regarded as the greatest.