The faithful servants of Christ with humble hearts ...

The faithful servants of Christ with humble hearts ... (1)

The faithful servants of Christ with humble hearts

know that God has distinguished them.

And they understand that they have received nothing that they did not receive from God.

So they boast only in the Lord and know that they have nothing to boast about themselves

(Romans 3:27; 1 Corinthians 4:1-2, 6-7).

The faithful servants of Christ with humble hearts become fools for Christ's sake.

And they serve their neighbors by becoming weak,

and being treated like the lowest of all like prisoners facing death row

(1 Corinthians 4:1-2, 6, 9-10).

The faithful servants of Christ with humble hearts

bless those who curse them, endure persecution,

and respond to slander with kind words

(1 Corinthians 4:1-2, 6, 12-13).

The faithful servants of Christ with humble hearts

become like rubbish and refuse of the world and the dregs of all things,

for the sake of Christ and his brothers and sisters in Christ

(1 Corinthians 4:1-2, 6, 10, 13).