I ¹  was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my nation, ²  and was ³  extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors. ⁴ 

so that ¹  through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.

Small and great are ¹  there, and the slave is free ²  from his master. ³ 

The rich and the poor meet together; ¹  the Lord is the creator of them both. ² 

And what I am doing I will continue to do, so that I may eliminate any opportunity for those who want a chance to be regarded as our equals ¹  in the things they boast about.

Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as the weaker partners ¹  and show them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life. In this way nothing will hinder your prayers. ² 

For he ¹  is not a human being like I am, that ²  I might answer him, that we might come ³  together in judgment.

Did not the one who made me in the womb make them? ¹  Did not the same one form us in the womb?

Nowhere in all the land could women be found who were as beautiful as Job’s daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance alongside their brothers.

And those of the sons of Levi who receive the priestly office ¹  have authorization according to the law to collect a tithe from the people, that is, from their fellow countrymen, ²  although they too are descendants of Abraham. ³