“Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.”
In the same way, you who are younger, be submissive to those who are older. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, 'God opposes the proud and gives grace to the humble' — the parallel exhortation to the young to 'be submissive' (hypotassō) to elders establishes a hierarchy of respect, yet the universal call to 'clothe yourselves with humility' (entambasthē tē tapeinophrosynē) overrides hierarchical distinction. The citation from Proverbs 3:34 establishes that humility, not status, determines God's favor.
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