self-effacement: noun Reserve in speech, behavior.
1 If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, 2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. 3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. 4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. 5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
Phil 2:1-5 (KJV)
Excellent Word...it’s not about our works only, but about where our heart is towards one another. And this ought to be good news to us all because it tells us that God doesn’t merely see us for what we are, but for what we can become in Him.
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