The “alleylon” (one another) passages in the New Testament, Part 2C:
Clothe yourselves with humility toward one another (1Pet. 5:5b)
Over the past couple of weeks, I have, perhaps rashly, taken a plunge into the vast sea of the virtue that the New Testament calls tapeinophrosúne, aka humility. After two blog posts, I still feel no less a speck in that ocean than when I began the journey. But what are the great depths meant for if not to be searched out and discovered, however reluctantly they yield their secrets? Besides, as one of the crucial characteristics of the Christian life, humility begs for more attention than my so-far brief efforts have provided. And, as an added incentive, I found another great verse about it in Peter’s first letter: “Clothe yourselves with humility toward each other.”
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