²⁴When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers. ²⁵But Jesus summoned them, and said, “You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. ²⁶It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant. ²⁷Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant, ²⁸even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Therefore accept one another, even as Christ also accepted you, to the glory of God.

For there is no partiality with God.

each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

⁹Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good. ¹⁰In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate to one another; in honor preferring one another;

contributing to the needs of the saints; given to hospitality.

By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.

But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the profit of all.

So also you, since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, seek that you may abound to the building up of the assembly.

¹⁰As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms. ¹¹If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.