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