Verse 3
3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Ver. 3. Let nothing be done through strife ] These are those hell hags that set the Church on fire, φιλονεικεια and φιλαρχια : if these men could be cast out of men’s hearts, great hopes there were, παντας εις το θειον κηρυγμα ομοφωνως και ορθοδοξως συνδραμειν , as Isidore hath it, that all men would soon consent in one and the same truth, and be at peace among themselves.
Let each esteem other better than themselves ] Non minus vere, quam humiliter, as Bernard glosseth; because in some gift or other, at least in the measure or use, another may be better than us.
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