I have been a fool! You forced me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I was not at all inferior to these super-apostles, even though I am nothing.
but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious.
I, Paul, myself entreat you, by the meekness and gentleness of Christ -- I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold toward you when I am away! --
"Say to the daughter of Zion, 'Behold, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey, and[1] on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.' "