In the same way. Greeks and Romans looked at humility as being bad, not good. But things are to be different in the messianic community! As elders are to be motivated by a real desire to serve, so are all the others. You younger men. MacKnight understands this to mean less mature Christians are to submit to the more mature leadership. Compare 1 John 2:12-14. The apron of humility. The TEV gives the literal translation, the NIV gives the meaning. Julius Polux says the apron was worn by slaves. Compare James 4:6. The quotation is Proverbs 3:34.

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