Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another(A) in love.(B)

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With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

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Instructions for Christian Households(A)

21 Submit to one another(B) out of reverence for Christ.

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21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

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Life by the Spirit

13 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free.(A) But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh[a];(B) rather, serve one another(C) humbly in love.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 5:13 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verses 16, 17, 19 and 24; and in 6:8.

13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

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Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit.(A) Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,(B) not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.(C)

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Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

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10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.(A)

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10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

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Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.(A)

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Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

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