Quotes About Humility

Who are you to judge someone elseís servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

Why, then, do you judge your brother? Or why do you belittle your brother? For we will all stand before Godís judgment seat.

It is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every tongue will confess to God.”

It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.

For even Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written: “The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.”

I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius,

For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”

Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth.

But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,

so that no one may boast in His presence.

Therefore, as it is written: “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”

When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.

I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.

For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men?

So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.

Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in Godís sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”

And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”

Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,

So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me.

Brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not take pride in one man over another.

For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?