Do all things without murmuring and disputing,

Some indeed preach Christ even from envy and strife, and some also from good will:

The former preach Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds;

By pride comes nothing but strife, but with those who deliberate is wisdom.

Let us walk decently, as in the day, not in carousings and drunkenness, not in cohabitation and licentiousness, not in strife and envy.

for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like men?

For I fear lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I wish, and that I shall be found by you such as you do not wish; lest there be contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, evil speakings, whisperings, conceits, commotions;

But if you bite and devour one another, take heed that you are not consumed by one another.

idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,

envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.

he is proud, understanding nothing, but is sick with disputes and arguments over words, from which come envy, strife, slander, evil conjecture,

But if you have bitter envy and contention in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.

For where envy and contention exist, there is confusion and every evil deed.

Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, The Spirit who dwells in us yearns to envy?

But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.

Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking,

as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby,

So He told a parable to those who were invited, when He noted how they chose the best places, saying to them:

and he who invited you and him come and say to you, Give place to this man, and then you begin with shame to take the lowest place.

For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.

Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, leading the way before one another in honor;

For I am the least of the apostles, who am not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love,

submitting to one another in the fear of God.

Likewise you that are younger, be subject to your elders. Yes, all of you be subject to one another, and be clothed with humility, for God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.