“Woe to you Pharisees! You love the front seat in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.
Pride comes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.
“To what should I compare this generation? It’s like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to each other:
“Beware of the scribes, who want to go around in long robes and who love greetings in the marketplaces, the front seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets.
Show family affection to one another with brotherly love. Outdo one another in showing honor.
Do nothing out of rivalry or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves.
I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have first place among them, does not receive us.