I tell you, this man, and not the other, went back home forgiven and accepted by God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but whoever humbles himself will be exalted."

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you high.

As an example of ill-treatment and patience, brothers, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord.

The

Or, are we trying to incite the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than He, are we?

That

Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

He has dethroned monarchs and exalted the poor.

Let the poor brother of lowly station rejoice in his exalted station as a Christian,

In

For when we were still helpless, Christ at the proper time died for us ungodly men.

who gave Himself as a ransom for all, a fact that was testified to at the proper time,

but at the proper time made known as His message through the message that I preach with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Saviour;

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So you too, when you do all that you are ordered to do, say, 'We are worthless slaves; we have done only what we ought to have done.'"

There arose also among them a contention as to which one of them should rank as greatest.