Surely I [am] more stupid than [any] man, And do not have the understanding of a man.

I neither learned wisdom Nor have knowledge of the Holy One.

[Be] kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another;

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

[Let] nothing [be done] through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.

although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did [it] ignorantly in unbelief.

This [is] a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.

Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to [your] elders. Yes, all of [you] be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for "God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble."

Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,

Then King David went in and sat before the LORD; and he said: "Who [am] I, O LORD God? And what is my house, that You have brought me this far?

But who [am] I, and who [are] my people, That we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things [come] from You, And of Your own we have given You.

For we [are] aliens and pilgrims before You, As [were] all our fathers; Our days on earth [are] as a shadow, And without hope.

So they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His name.

Nevertheless, brethren, I have written more boldly to you on [some] points, as reminding you, because of the grace given to me by God,

Therefore I have reason to glory in Christ Jesus in the things [which pertain] to God.

if indeed you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you,

to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood,

(for He who worked effectively in Peter for the apostleship to the circumcised also worked effectively in me toward the Gentiles),

for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle -- I am speaking the truth in Christ [and] not lying -- a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

to which I was appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man,

to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace

which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in [His] kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

Oh, how great [is] Your goodness, Which You have laid up for those who fear You, [Which] You have prepared for those who trust in You In the presence of the sons of men!

And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace.

Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable [are] His judgments and His ways past finding out!

But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God -- and righteousness and sanctification and redemption --

But as it is written: "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him."

And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

For I want you to know what a great conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and [for] as many as have not seen my face in the flesh,

in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

"I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, [that] the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.