Human Praise
"For when one says, "I am of Paul", and another, "I am of Apollos" are you not carnal? Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one? I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase"
"For when one says, "I am of Paul", and another, "I am of Apollos" are you not carnal? Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one? I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase"
1 Corinthians 3:4-7
Human Praise
"It is better to trust in the LORD, than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the LORD, than to put confidence in princes"
"It is better to trust in the LORD, than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the LORD, than to put confidence in princes"
Psalm 118:8, 9
Human Praise
"The praise given by word or action to any human being is an offense to God. Yet God will praise every individual that keeps His commandments in truth and righteousness. It is very human to place confidence and trust in man, but not so readily do these same persons walk as seeing Him who is invisible"
"The praise given by word or action to any human being is an offense to God. Yet God will praise every individual that keeps His commandments in truth and righteousness. It is very human to place confidence and trust in man, but not so readily do these same persons walk as seeing Him who is invisible"
The Upward Look, p. 333
