but He laid it aside as He took on the nature of a slave and became like other men.

For I have no one else with a heart like his who would take such genuine interest in you,

For he was so sick that he was on the point of dying, but God took pity on him, and not only on him but on me too, to keep me from having one sorrow after another.

For we are the true circumcision, who by the Spirit of God worship Him, who take pride in Christ Jesus only, and do not rely on outward privileges,