Woe to you Pharisees! Because ye love the place of honor in the synagogues, and the greetings in the marketplaces.
Beware of the scholars, who desire to walk around in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, and chief seats in the synagogues, and places of honor at the feasts,
I wrote to the congregation, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first of them, did not accept us.
in nothing according to selfish ambition or empty conceit, but in humility considering each other surpassing yourselves.
with brotherly love toward each other, affectionate, leading each other in recognition,
Pride [is] before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, calling to their companions,