For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.
If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but associate with the lowly. Do not be conceited.
Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one
Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.
If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to wa
Regardless, each one should lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is wha
It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the pres
Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance.
Now to each one of us grace has been given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
We have different gifts according to the grace given us. If one’s gift is prophecy, let him use it in proportion to his
At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”
or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my fle
In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children,
That is correct: They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.
Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.
Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revela
Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obe
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet no
For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.
For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as
From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love throu
The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterer
In the same way, urge the younger men to be self-controlled.
I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has c
Women, however, will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.
And the grace of our Lord overflowed to me, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each on
Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with b
In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,
It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.
For the One who was at work in Peter’s apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in my apostleship to the Gentiles
To this end I also labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within me.
In what way were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!
I have written to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not accept our instruction.
When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. H
Surely you have heard about the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you,
However, I have written you a bold reminder on some points, because of the grace God has given me