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seeking glory from men, neither from you, nor from others, though we might have been a burden, as apostles of Christ. That the one presiding in the word ought not to misuse his authority for the insolence against those under him; nor indeed to lord it over them; but rather to have his rank as an occasion for humility towards them. Chapter 24. MATTHEW. Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the lord has set over his household to give them their food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his lord when he comes will find so doing. Truly I say to you, that he will set him over all that he has. But if that evil servant says in his heart, 'My lord is delaying his coming,' and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eats and drinks with the drunkards; 31.837 the lord of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him, and at an hour he does not know; and will cut him in two, and will assign his portion with the hypocrites. There will be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth. JOHN. You call me, the Lord, and the Teacher, and you say truly; for so I am. If I then, the Lord, and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. LUKE. A dispute also arose among them, as to which of them was to be regarded as the greatest. And Jesus said to them, The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them are called benefactors; but not so with you; but let the greatest among you become as the youngest, and the leader as one who serves. For who is greater, the one who reclines at table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at table? But I am among you as one who serves. ACTS. And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the Church; and when they came to him, he said to them: You yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, how I was with you the whole time, serving the Lord with all humility, and with many tears and trials which befell me through the plots of the Jews. TO THE CORINTHIANS 2. For you gladly bear with fools, being wise yourselves. For you bear it if someone enslaves you, if someone devours you, if someone takes from you, if someone exalts himself, if someone strikes you on the face. To my shame I say that we were weak in this respect. That one ought not to preach the Gospel out of strife, or envy, or contentiousness toward certain persons. Chapter 25. MATTHEW. Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles. He will not quarrel, nor cry out, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets. TO THE PHILIPPIANS. Some indeed preach Christ even from envy and strife, but some also from good will; the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the Gospel; but the former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, thinking to cause me affliction in my chains. That one ought not to use human advantages for the preaching of the Gospel, lest the grace of God be hidden by them. Chapter 20. MATTHEW. I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things 31.840 from the wise and understanding, and have revealed. them to infants. TO THE CORINTHIANS 1. For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel; not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ be made void. And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness, and in much fear and trembling; and my speech and my preaching were not in plausible words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power; so that your faith might not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. That one ought not to think that the success of the preaching is accomplished by one's own devices; but the whole

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ζητοῦντες ἐξ ἀνθρώπων δόξαν, οὔτε ἀφ' ὑμῶν, οὔτε ἀπὸ ἄλλων, δυνάμενοι ἐν βάρει εἶναι, ὡς Χριστοῦ ἀπόστολοι. Ὅτι οὐ δεῖ τὸν προεστῶτα τοῦ λόγου εἰς τὴν κατὰ τῶν ὑποκειμένων ὕβριν ἀποκεχρῆσθαι τῇ ἐξουσίᾳ· οὐ μὴν οὐδὲ κατεπαίρεσθαι αὐτῶν· ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον ὑπόθεσιν τῆς πρὸς αὐτοὺς ταπεινοφροσύνης τὸν βαθμὸν ἔχειν. Κεφάλ. Κ∆ʹ. ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΣ. Τίς ἄρα ἐστὶν ὁ πιστὸς δοῦλος καὶ φρόνιμος, ὃν κατέστησεν ὁ κύριος ἐπὶ τῆς οἰκίας αὐτοῦ τοῦ δοῦναι αὐτοῖς ἐν καιρῷ τὴν τροφήν, Μακάριος ὁ δοῦλος ἐκεῖνος, ὃν ἐλθὼν ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ εὑρήσει ποιοῦντα οὕτως. Ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ὅτι ἐπὶ πᾶσι τοῖς ὑπάρχουσιν αὐτοῦ κατα στήσει αὐτόν. Ἐὰν δὲ εἴπῃ ὁ κακὸς δοῦλος ἐκεῖ νος ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ· Χρονίζει ὁ κύριός μου ἔρχεσθαι, καὶ ἄρξηται τύπτειν τοὺς συνδούλους αὐτοῦ, ἐσθίῃ τε καὶ πίνῃ μετὰ τῶν μεθυόν 31.837 των· ἥξει ὁ κύριος τοῦ δούλου ἐκείνου ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ᾗ οὐ προσδοκᾷ, καὶ ἐν ὥρᾳ ᾗ οὐ γινώσκει· καὶ διχοτομήσει αὐτὸν, καὶ τὸ μέρος αὐτοῦ μετὰ τῶν ὑποκριτῶν θήσει. Ἐκεῖ ἔσται ὁ κλαυθμὸς, καὶ ὁ βρυγμὸς τῶν ὀδόντων. ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ. Ὑμεῖς φωνεῖτέ με, ὁ Κύριος, καὶ ὁ ∆ιδάσκαλος, καὶ ἀληθῶς λέ γετε· εἰμὶ γάρ. Εἰ οὖν ἐγὼ ἔνιψα τοὺς πόδας ὑμῶν, ὁ Κύριος, καὶ ὁ ∆ιδάσκαλος, καὶ ὑμεῖς ὀφεί λετε ἀλλήλων νίπτειν τοὺς πόδας. ΛΟΥΚΑΣ. Ἐγένετο δὲ καὶ φιλονεικία ἐν αὐτοῖς, τὸ, τίς αὐ τῶν μείζων δοκεῖ εἶναι. Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Οἱ βασιλεῖς τῶν ἐθνῶν κυριεύουσιν αὐτῶν, καὶ οἱ ἐξουσιάζοντες αὐτῶν εὐεργέται καλοῦνται· ὑμεῖς δὲ οὐχ οὕτως· ἀλλ' ὁ μείζων ἐν ὑμῖν γενέ σθω ὡς νεώτερος, καὶ ὁ ἡγούμενος, ὡς ὁ διακονῶν. Τίς γὰρ μείζων, ὁ ἀνακείμενος ἢ ὁ διακονῶν; Οὐχ ὁ ἀνακείμενος; Ἐγὼ δέ εἰμι ἐν μέσῳ ὑμῶν, ὡς ὁ διακονῶν. ΠΡΑΞΕΙΣ. Ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς Μιλήτου πέμψας εἰς Ἔφεσον, μετεκαλέσατο τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους τῆς Ἐκκλησίας· ὡς δὲ παρ εγένοντο πρὸς αὐτὸν, εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Ὑμεῖς ἐπ ίστασθε, ἀπὸ πρώτης ἡμέρας ἀφ' ἧς ἐπέβην εἰς τὴν Ἀσίαν, πῶς μεθ' ὑμῶν τὸν πάντα χρό νον ἐγενόμην, δουλεύων τῷ Κυρίῳ μετὰ πάσης ταπεινοφροσύνης, καὶ πολλῶν δακρύων καὶ πει ρασμῶν, τῶν συμβάντων μοι ἐν ταῖς ἐπιβουλαῖς τῶν Ἰουδαίων. ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡ. βʹ. Ἡδέως γὰρ ἀνέχεσθε τῶν ἀφρόνων, φρόνιμοι ὄντες. Ἀνέχεσθε γὰρ, εἴ τις ὑμᾶς καταδουλοῖ, εἴ τις κατεσθίει, εἴ τις λαμβάνει, εἴ τις ἐπαίρεται, εἴ τις εἰς πρόσωπον ὑμᾶς δέρει. Κατὰ ἀτιμίαν λέγω, ὡς ὅτι ἡμεῖς ἠσθενήσαμεν ἐν τῷ μέρει τούτῳ. Ὅτι οὐ δεῖ κατ' ἔριν, ἢ φθόνον, ἢ φιλονεικίαν τὴν πρός τινας, κηρύσσειν τὸ Εὐαγγέλιον. Κεφάλ. ΚΕʹ. ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΣ. Ἰδοὺ ὁ παῖς μου, ὃν ᾑρέτισα, ὁ ἀγαπητός μου, εἰς ὃν ηὐδόκησεν ἡ ψυχή μου. Θήσω τὸ Πνεῦμά μου ἐπ' αὐτὸν, καὶ κρίσιν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἀπαγγελεῖ. Οὐκ ἐρίσει, οὐδὲ κραυγά σει, οὐδὲ ἀκούσει τις ἐν ταῖς πλατείαις τὴν φωνὴν αὐτοῦ. ΠΡΟΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠ. Τινὲς μὲν καὶ διὰ φθόνον καὶ ἔριν, τινὲς δὲ καὶ δι' εὐδοκίαν τὸν Χριστὸν κηρύσσουσιν· οἱ μὲν ἐξ ἀγάπης, εἰδότες ὅτι εἰς ἀπολογίαν τοῦ Εὐαγγελίου κεῖμαι· οἱ δὲ ἐξ ἐριθείας τὸν Χριστὸν καταγγέλλουσιν, οὐχ ἁγνῶς, οἰόμενοι θλίψιν ἐπιφέρειν τοῖς δεσμοῖς μου. Ὅτι οὐ δεῖ τοῖς ἀνθρωπίνοις πλεονεκτήμασι κεχρῆ σθαι εἰς τὸ κήρυγμα τοῦ Εὐαγγελίου, ἵνα μὴ ἐγ κρύπτηται αὐτοῖς ἡ τοῦ Θεοῦ χάρις. Κεφάλ. Κʹ. ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΣ. Ἐξομολογοῦμαί σοι, Πάτερ, Κύριε τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τῆς γῆς, ὅτι ἀπέκρυψας ταῦτα 31.840 ἀπὸ σοφῶν καὶ συνετῶν, καὶ ἀπεκάλυψας. αὐτὰ νηπίοις. ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡ. αʹ. Οὐ γὰρ ἀπέστειλέ με ὁ Χριστὸς βαπτίζειν, ἀλλ' εὐαγγελίζεσθαι· οὐκ ἐν σοφίᾳ λόγου, ἵνα μὴ κενωθῇ ὁ σταυρὸς τοῦ Χρι στοῦ. Κἀγὼ ἐλθὼν πρὸς ὑμᾶς, ἀδελφοὶ, ἦλθον οὐ καθ' ὑπεροχὴν λόγου, ἢ σοφίας, καταγγέλλων ὑμῖν τὸ μαρτύριον τοῦ Θεοῦ. Οὐ γὰρ ἔκρινά τι εἰδέναι ἐν ὑμῖν, εἰ μὴ Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν καὶ τοῦ τον ἐσταυρωμένον. Κἀγὼ ἐν ἀσθενείᾳ, καὶ ἐν τρόμῳ πολλῷ ἐγενόμην πρὸς ὑμᾶς· καὶ ὁ λόγος μου, καὶ τὸ κήρυγμά μου οὐκ ἐν πιθανοῖς ἀνθρω πίνης σοφίας λόγοις, ἀλλ' ἐν ἀποδείξει Πνεύματος καὶ δυνάμεως· ἵνα ἡ πίστις ἡμῶν μὴ ᾖ ἐν σοφίᾳ ἀνθρώπων, ἀλλ' ἐν δυνάμει Θεοῦ. Ὅτι οὐ δεῖ οἴεσθαι τὴν εὐοδίαν τοῦ κηρύγματος ἐν ἰδίαις ἐπινοίαις κατεργάζεσθαι· τὸ δὲ ὅλον