'Superior' in the Bible
"A disciple is not superior to his teacher, nor a slave superior to his master.
But what did you [really] go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and one [more eminent, more remarkable, and] far more than a prophet [who foretells the future].
Is not a man, however, far superior to a sheep? Therefore it is right to do good on the Sabbath."
Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this young child, he it is who is superior to others in the Kingdom of the Heavens.
But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father’s kingdom.”
A student is not superior to his teacher; but everyone, after he has been completely trained, will be like his teacher.
The one who comes from above is superior to everything. The one who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. The one who comes from heaven is superior to everything.
Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and who used to drink from it himself, and his sons and his cattle also?”
I assure you and most solemnly say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.
Remember [and continue to remember] that I told you, ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also.
know His will, and approve the things that are superior, being instructed from the law,
Well then, are we [Jews] better off than they? Not at all; for we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks (Gentiles) are under the control of sin and subject to its power.
do not boast over the [broken] branches and exalt yourself at their expense. If you do boast and feel superior, remember that it is not you who supports the root, but the root that supports you.
For there is a truth, brethren, not revealed hitherto, of which I do not wish to leave you in ignorance, for fear you should attribute superior wisdom to yourselves--the truth, I mean, that partial blindness has fallen upon Israel until the great mass of the Gentiles have come in;
When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come with superior eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed the testimony of God.
For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you didn’t receive? If, in fact, you did receive it, why do you boast as if you hadn’t received it?
It is true that a particular kind of food will not bring us into God's presence; we are neither inferior to others if we abstain from it, nor superior to them if we eat it.
I should be right glad were you all to speak in 'tongues,' but yet more glad were you all to prophesy. And, in fact, the man who prophesies is superior to him who speaks in 'tongues,' except when the latter can interpret in order that the Church may get a blessing.
Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord [always doing your best and doing more than is needed], being continually aware that your labor [even to the point of exhaustion] in the Lord is not futile nor wasted [it is never without purpose].
for also even that which hath been glorious, hath not been glorious -- in this respect, because of the superior glory;
so that you may approve what is superior, in order that you may be sincere and blameless in the day of Christ,
Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit [through factional motives, or strife], but with [an attitude of] humility [being neither arrogant nor self-righteous], regard others as more important than yourselves.
So He became higher in rank than the angels, just as the name He inherited is superior to theirs.
Without a doubt, the inferior is blessed by the superior.
But Jesus has now obtained a superior ministry, and to that degree He is the mediator of a better covenant, which has been legally enacted on better promises.
whereas even angels who are superior in might and power do not bring a reviling (defaming) accusation against them before the Lord.