² The same things are in my mind as in yours; I am equal to you.

³ But I have a mind as well as you; I am equal to you: yes, who has not knowledge of such things as these?

¹¹ I have been forced by you to become foolish, though it was right for my praise to have come from you: for in no way was I less than the chief of the Apostles, though I am nothing.

¹⁶ I say again, Let me not seem foolish to anyone; but if I do, put up with me as such, so that I may take a little glory to myself.

¹⁷ What I am now saying is not by the order of the Lord, but as a foolish person, taking credit to myself, as it seems.

¹⁸ Seeing that there are those who take credit to themselves after the flesh, I will do the same.

⁴ For if anyone comes preaching another Jesus from the one whose preachers we are, or if you have got a different spirit, or a different sort of good news from those which came to you, how well you put up with these things.

⁵ For in my opinion, I am in no way less than the most important of the Apostles.

¹ Now about things offered to images: we all seem to ourselves to have knowledge. Knowledge gives pride, but love gives true strength.

² If anyone seems to himself to have knowledge, so far he has not the right sort of knowledge about anything;

⁷ And it came about, after he had said these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, I am very angry with you and your two friends, because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.

⁴ Have you an arm like God? have you a voice of thunder like his?

⁵ Put on the ornaments of your pride; be clothed with glory and power:

² Give ear to the rolling noise of his voice; to the hollow sound which goes out of his mouth.

¹⁶ And Job's mouth is open wide to give out what is of no profit, increasing words without knowledge.

³⁵ Job's words do not come from knowledge; they are not the fruit of wisdom.

⁸ Were you present at the secret meeting of God? and have you taken all wisdom for yourself?

⁹ What knowledge have you which we have not? is there anything in your mind which is not in ours?