3Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-11)The apostle proceeds in this chapter where he left off in the last, with further exhortations to Christian duties. He presses them largely to like-mindedness and lowly-mindedness, in conformity to the example of the Lord Jesus, the great pattern of humility and love. Here we may observe, I. The great gospel precept passed upon us; that is, to love one another. This is the law of Christ’s kingdom,…
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