6Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-7)Having settled and explained the duty of the pastors or spiritual guides of the church, the apostle comes now to instruct the flock, I. How to behave themselves to their ministers and to one another. He calls them the younger , as being generally younger than their grave pastors, and to put them in mind of their inferiority, the term younger being used by our Saviour to signify an inferior, Luke 2…
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