Matthew
Matthew 18:4WEB·traditional attribution
Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child, the same is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.
John Calvin Reformed
True humility means you claim no merit before God and do not despise your brothers or seek superiority over them, but reckon yourself simply one member of Christ's body, desiring only that the Head alone be exalted. That is the whole definition.
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Albert Barnes Presbyterian
Verse 4. The same is greatest, etc. That is, shall be the most eminent Christian; shall have most of the true spirit of religion. (x) "humble himself"
William Burkitt Anglican
The minister who thinks as meanly of himself as a little child, humble and lowly in his own esteem, deserves the highest place in Christ's church. The way to be honored is to be humble; before honor comes humility.
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