Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?

For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:

Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.

If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;

He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,