and whoeverwishesto be firstamongyou shall be your slave;
"Whoeverthenhumbleshimselfas thischild,he is the greatestin the kingdomof heaven.
"It is not this wayamongyou, but whoeverwishesto becomegreatamongyou shall be your servant,
justas the Sonof Mandid not cometo be served,but to serve,and to giveHis lifea ransomfor many."
"But [it is] not this waywith you, but the onewho is the greatestamongyou must becomelikethe youngest,and the leaderlikethe servant.
I amunder obligationbothto Greeksand to barbarians,bothto the wiseand to the foolish.
For I considermyself not in the leastinferiorto the most eminentapostles.
I will most gladlyspendand be expendedfor your souls.IfI loveyou more,am I to be lovedless?
For we do not preachourselvesbut ChristJesusas Lord,and ourselvesas your bond-servantsfor Jesus'sake.
