Let anotherpraiseyou, and not your own mouth;A stranger,and not your own lips.
He said,"Comewith me and seemy zealfor the LORD."So he made him ridein his chariot.
Manya manproclaimshis ownloyalty,But whocan finda trustworthyman?
It is not goodto eatmuchhoney,Noris it gloryto searchout one's own glory.
A stoneis heavyand the sandweighty,But the provocationof a foolis heavierthanbothof them.
For we are not boldto classorcompareourselveswith someof thosewho commendthemselves;but when they measurethemselvesby themselvesand comparethemselveswith themselves,they are withoutunderstanding.
For it is not he who commendshimselfthat is approved,but he whomthe Lordcommends.
I have becomefoolish;you yourselvescompelledme. ActuallyI shouldhave been commendedby you, for in norespectwas I inferiorto the most eminentapostles,eventhoughI ama nobody.
