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Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves.

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Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit.(A) Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,(B)

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10 Love each other with genuine affection,[a] and take delight in honoring each other.

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  1. 12:10 Greek with brotherly love.

10 Be devoted to one another in love.(A) Honor one another above yourselves.(B)

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26 Let us not become conceited, or provoke one another, or be jealous of one another.

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26 Let us not become conceited,(A) provoking and envying each other.

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Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love.

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Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another(A) in love.(B)

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Spirit-Guided Relationships: Wives and Husbands

21 And further, submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

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Instructions for Christian Households(A)

21 Submit to one another(B) out of reverence for Christ.

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In the same way, you who are younger must accept the authority of the elders. And all of you, dress yourselves in humility as you relate to one another, for

“God opposes the proud
    but gives grace to the humble.”[a]

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  1. 5:5 Prov 3:34 (Greek version).

In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves(A) to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility(B) toward one another, because,

“God opposes the proud
    but shows favor to the humble.”[a](C)

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  1. 1 Peter 5:5 Prov. 3:34

14 But if you are bitterly jealous and there is selfish ambition in your heart, don’t cover up the truth with boasting and lying. 15 For jealousy and selfishness are not God’s kind of wisdom. Such things are earthly, unspiritual, and demonic. 16 For wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and evil of every kind.

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14 But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition(A) in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.(B) 15 Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven(C) but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.(D) 16 For where you have envy and selfish ambition,(E) there you find disorder and every evil practice.

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Do you think the Scriptures have no meaning? They say that God is passionate that the spirit he has placed within us should be faithful to him.[a] And he gives grace generously. As the Scriptures say,

“God opposes the proud
    but gives grace to the humble.”[b]

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  1. 4:5 Or They say that the spirit God has placed within us is filled with envy; or They say that the Holy Spirit, whom God has placed within us, opposes our envy.
  2. 4:6 Prov 3:34 (Greek version).

Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us[a]?(A) But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says:

“God opposes the proud
    but shows favor to the humble.”[b](B)

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  1. James 4:5 Or that the spirit he caused to dwell in us envies intensely; or that the Spirit he caused to dwell in us longs jealously
  2. James 4:6 Prov. 3:34

14 Do everything without complaining and arguing,

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14 Do everything without grumbling(A) or arguing,

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Anyone who teaches something different is arrogant and lacks understanding. Such a person has an unhealthy desire to quibble over the meaning of words. This stirs up arguments ending in jealousy, division, slander, and evil suspicions.

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they are conceited(A) and understand nothing. They have an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words(B) that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions

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14 I tell you, this sinner, not the Pharisee, returned home justified before God. For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

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14 “I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”(A)

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15 But if you are always biting and devouring one another, watch out! Beware of destroying one another.

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15 If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.

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10 Pride leads to conflict;
    those who take advice are wise.

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10 Where there is strife, there is pride,
    but wisdom is found in those who take advice.(A)

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