⁷ so that neither is he who is planting anything, nor he who is watering, but He who is giving growth -- God;

⁵ `I am the vine, ye the branches; he who is remaining in me, and I in him, this one doth bear much fruit, because apart from me ye are not able to do anything;

³ for if any one doth think `himself' to be something -- being nothing -- himself he doth deceive;

¹ Not to us, O Jehovah, not to us, But to Thy name give honour, For Thy kindness, for Thy truth.

² and if I have prophecy, and know all the secrets, and all the knowledge, and if I have all the faith, so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing;

⁹ and He said to me, `Sufficient for thee is My grace, for My power in infirmity is perfected;' most gladly, therefore, will I rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of the Christ may rest on me:

²⁹ `Lo, all of them `are' vanity, Nought `are' their works, Wind and emptiness their molten images!'

³⁵ and all who are dwelling on the earth as nothing are reckoned, and according to his will He is doing among the forces of the heavens and those dwelling on the earth, and there is none that doth clap with his hand, and saith to Him, What hast Thou done?

¹⁷ All the nations `are' as nothing before Him, Less than nothing and emptiness, They have been reckoned to Him.