So when you’re invited somewhere, take the lowest place. Your host will come over to you and say, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you’ll be honored in front of all the other guests.
In the same way, you who are younger should follow the lead of your elders. All of you should have a humble attitude toward one another, because Scripture says, “God opposes those who are proud, but he gives grace to those who are humble.”
You believers at Philippi know what happened when I left Macedonia in the early days when you first heard the good news. Not one church helped me in the matter of giving and receiving except for you.