and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave—
But you shall not be like them. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who leads like
Then they came to Capernaum. While Jesus was in the house, He asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?”
For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.
Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions.
I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.
Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
I consider myself in no way inferior to those “super-apostles.”
Are they servants of Christ? (I am speaking as if I were out of my mind.) I am so much more: in harder labor, in more im
And for the sake of your souls, I will most gladly spend my money and myself. If I love you more, will you love me less?