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Again, the devil took Him up on a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory [splendor, magnificence, and excellence] of them;
Fear not therefore; ye have the preeminence over many sparrows.
And the devil said to Him, “I will give You all this realm and its glory [its power, its renown]; because it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.
But also the hairs of your head were all numbered. Therefore fear not: ye have the preeminence over many little sparrows.
Consider the ravens: for they sow not neither do they reap; to them there is not store-house nor store; and God nourishes them: how much more have ye preeminence of the fowls?
And at once an angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not give God the glory [and instead permitted himself to be worshiped], and
What, then, is the preeminence of the Jew? Or what, the profit of his circumcision?
For who regards you as superior or what sets you apart as special? What do you have that you did not receive [from another]? And if in fact you received it [from God or someone else], why do you boast as if you had not received it [but had gained it by yourself]?
A man ought not have his head covered [during worship], since he is the image and [reflected] glory of God; but the woman is [the expression of] man’s glory.
Because of the surpassing greatness and extraordinary nature of the revelations [which I received from God], for this reason, to keep me from thinking of myself as important, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan, to torment and harass me—to keep me from exalting myself!
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn One [i.e., who takes preeminence] over all that is created.
And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
I wrote unto the congregation: but Diotrephes which loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not,