³ Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves.

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

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

⁵ 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

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

² Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love.

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.

⁵ 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] 6} And he gives grace generously. As the Scriptures say,

¹⁴ Do everything without complaining and arguing,

⁴ 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.