He must become more important while I become less important.” ¹ 

(Now Bethany was less than two miles ¹  from Jerusalem, ² 

Five times I received from the Jews forty lashes less one. ¹ 

And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, ¹  worth less than a penny.

and those members we consider less honorable we clothe with greater honor, and our unpresentable members are clothed with dignity, ¹ 

Now I will most gladly spend and be spent for your lives! ¹  If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

To me – less than the least of all the saints ¹  – this grace was given, ²  to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ

Take care not to refuse the one who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less shall we, if we reject the one who warns from heaven?

But those who have believing masters must not show them less respect ¹  because they are brothers. Instead they are to serve all the more, because those who benefit from their service are believers and dearly loved. ² Teach them and exhort them about these things. ³