²⁶ “This is what the Lord God says:

¹¹ For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”^(A)

¹⁴ I tell you, this one went down to his house justified^(A) rather than the other, because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”^(B)

⁶ But he gives greater grace. Therefore he says:

¹⁰ Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

⁵ In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. All of you clothe yourselves with^[a] humility toward one another, because

Conclusion

⁶ Humble^(B) yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand^(C) of God, so that he may exalt you at the proper time,