³ `doing' nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;

¹⁰ In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

² with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

²⁶ Let us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another.

²¹ subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

⁵ Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

⁴ he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but doting about questionings and disputes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

¹⁴ But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth.

¹⁵ This wisdom is not `a wisdom' that cometh down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

¹⁶ For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed.

¹⁵ But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.

¹⁴ I say unto you, This man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; but he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

⁵ Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying?

⁶ But he giveth more grace. Wherefore `the scripture' saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

⁸ but now do ye also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth:

³ for ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you jealousy and strife, are ye not carnal, and do ye not walk after the manner of men?

¹⁰ By pride cometh only contention; But with the well-advised is wisdom.

¹ Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

² as newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation;

¹⁴ Do all things without murmurings and questionings:

¹⁵ Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:

¹⁶ the one `do it' of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel;

¹⁷ but the other proclaim Christ of faction, not sincerely, thinking to raise up affliction for me in my bonds.

⁹ For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

⁷ And he spake a parable unto those that were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief seats; saying unto them,

⁸ When thou art bidden of any man to a marriage feast, sit not down in the chief seat; lest haply a more honorable man than thou be bidden of him,

⁹ and he that bade thee and him shall come and say to thee, Give this man place; and then thou shalt begin with shame to take the lowest place.

¹⁰ But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest place; that when he that hath bidden thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have glory in the presence of all that sit at meat with thee.

¹¹ For everyone that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

²⁰ idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties,

²¹ envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

²⁰ For I fear, lest by any means, when I come, I should find you not such as I would, and should myself be found of you such as ye would not; lest by any means `there should be' strife, jealousy, wraths, factions, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults;

¹³ Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in revelling and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy.