those who were looked upon by the world as vile, as despicable, as nothing, these has God chosen to reduce their sufficiency to nothing.

These things, my brethren, I have represented to you in my own person, and that of Apollos, out of respect to you: to show you how to moderate your esteem by the rule prescrib'd, that you may not be transported in favour of one rather than another.

but if the Lord pleases, I will visit you very soon; and then I shall try, not what these boasters can say, but what they can do:

don't you know that these are to judge the world? if the world is to be judg'd by you, are not you qualify'd to decide your petty causes?

but I have not made use of these advantages. neither have I writ this to obtain such maintenance: for I had rather die for want, than be deprived of such matter of glorying.

now these things were examples to deter us from longing after things that are pernicious, as they did.

All these things happened to them for examples: and are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come.

and now faith, hope, social virtue, these three will all remain; but the most permanent of the three is social virtue.