Matthew 25:37

not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God,

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

for he who worked through Peter in the apostleship with the circumcised also worked through me with the Gentiles—

For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

They have all gone aside. They have together become corrupt. There is no one who does good, no, not one.

Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

For I say through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself.) I am more so: in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, and in deaths often.

I have become foolish in boasting. You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for I am in no way inferior to the very best apostles, though I am nothing.

for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.

Every one of them has gone back. They have become filthy together. There is no one who does good, no, not one.

When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom.

Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the angel.

For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

For no one does anything in secret while he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, reveal yourself to the world.”

through whom we received grace and apostleship for obedience of faith among all the nations for his name’s sake;

What a wretched man I am! Who will deliver me out of the body of this death?

For being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn’t subject themselves to the righteousness of God.

I ask then, did God reject his people? May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase.

For who makes you different? And what do you have that you didn’t receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.

Working together, we entreat also that you do not receive the grace of God in vain,

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.

For we all stumble in many things. Anyone who doesn’t stumble in word is a perfect person, able to bridle the whole body also.

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.

Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant; for with just my staff I crossed over this Jordan; and now I have become two companies.

She said, ‘Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.’ So she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, except that she rested a little in the house.”

Then she said, “Let me find favor in your sight, my lord, because you have comforted me, and because you have spoken kindly to your servant, though I am not as one of your servants.”

Then David the king went in, and sat before Yahweh; and he said, “Who am I, Lord Yahweh, and what is my house, that you have brought me this far?

Not to us, Yahweh, not to us, but to your name give glory, for your loving kindness, and for your truth’s sake.

A man’s pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor.

Then I said, “Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell among a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh of Armies!”

Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and took the belt from the place where I had hidden it; and behold, the belt was ruined. It was profitable for nothing.

The wind will feed all your shepherds, and your lovers will go into captivity. Surely then you will be ashamed and confounded for all your wickedness.

The king spoke and said, “Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”

For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don’t find it doing that which is good.

And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.

For of him, and through him, and to him are all things. To him be the glory for ever! Amen.

But I write the more boldly to you in part, as reminding you, because of the grace that was given to me by God,

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith,

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

But we beg you, brothers, to know those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you,

I thank him who enabled me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he counted me faithful, appointing me to service;

But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

They came, everyone whose heart stirred him up, and everyone whom his spirit made willing, and brought Yahweh’s offering for the work of the Tent of Meeting, and for all of its service, and for the holy garments.

She arose, and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, “Behold, your servant is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.”

If they sin against you (for there is no man who doesn’t sin), and you are angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near;

When God helped the Levites who bore the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.

King David also dedicated these to Yahweh, with the silver and the gold that he carried away from all the nations; from Edom, from Moab, from the children of Ammon, from the Philistines, and from Amalek.

But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things come from you, and we have given you of your own.

Yahweh our God, all this store that we have prepared to build you a house for your holy name comes from your hand, and is all your own.

So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to half its height: for the people had a mind to work.

yet you will plunge me in the ditch. My own clothes will abhor me.

How then can man be just with God? Or how can he who is born of a woman be clean?

To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’ ”

If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand?

“Behold, I am of small account. What will I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.

The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

What man is he who fears Yahweh? He shall instruct him in the way that he shall choose.

Come, you children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.

Behold, I was born in iniquity. My mother conceived me in sin.

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

Do good to your servant, according to your word, Yahweh.

The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

The fear of Yahweh teaches wisdom. Before honor is humility.

Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and doesn’t sin.

The earth mourns and fades away. The world languishes and fades away. The lofty people of the earth languish.

For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap oneself in.

Listen to me, you stubborn-hearted, who are far from righteousness!

“Hear this, house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, and have come out of the waters of Judah. You swear by Yahweh’s name, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness—

All we like sheep have gone astray. Everyone has turned to his own way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Their webs won’t become garments. They won’t cover themselves with their works. Their works are works of iniquity, and acts of violence are in their hands.

For we have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A hot wind from the bare heights in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow, nor to cleanse;

The wind has wrapped her up in its wings; and they shall be disappointed because of their sacrifices.

But when you do merciful deeds, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand does,

Their eyes were opened. Jesus strictly commanded them, saying, “See that no one knows about this.”

Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

and said to him, “See you say nothing to anybody, but go show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing the things which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.”

But the report concerning him spread much more, and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.

and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herod’s steward; Susanna; and many others; who served them from their possessions.

But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,

But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was given to me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

One of the elders answered, saying to me, “These who are arrayed in the white robes, who are they, and where did they come from?”

Then the people rejoiced, because they offered willingly, because with a perfect heart they offered willingly to Yahweh; and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.

On the first day of every week, let each one of you save, as he may prosper, that no collections are made when I come.