“Woe to you Pharisees, because you love the most important seats in the synagogues and respectful greetings in the marketplaces.
“Beware of the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.
I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not welcome us.
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,
Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.
Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.
“To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others: