Because every man who lifts himself up will be made lower, and he who makes himself lower will be lifted up.

I say to you, this man went down to his house justified rather than that man. Because every man who lifts himself up will be made lower, and he who makes himself lower will be lifted up.

And what is the ascended, except that he also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?

Be ye made lower in the sight of the Lord, and he will lift you up.