Humility

"A prominent Christian grace (Rom. 12:3; 15:17, 18; 1 Cor. 3:5-7;" 2 Cor. 3:5; Phil. 4:11-13). It is a state of mind well pleasing to God (1 Pet. 3:4); it preserves the soul in tranquillity (Ps. "69:32, 33), and makes us patient under trials (Job 1:22)." "Christ has set us an example of humility (Phil. 2:6-8). We "should be led thereto by a remembrance of our sins (Lam. 3:39)," "and by the thought that it is the way to honour (Prov. 16:18)," and that the greatest promises are made to the humble (Ps. "147:6; Isa. 57:15; 66:2; 1 Pet. 5:5). It is a "great paradox in" "Christianity that it makes humility the avenue to glory."