Epistles of Paul

One must, then, put on the whole armour of God, that we may be able to stand against the methods of the devil, "since the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly, but powerful with God for the pulling down of strongholds, casting down reasonings and every high thing that lifts itself up against the knowledge of God, and taking captive every thought into the obedience of Christ," says the divine Apostle.

For the most noble athlete Paul also, wishing us not to rest content in the good things lived through in the past, but to advance forward day by day, says:

For although it is written, "Shall the clay say to the potter?

10, 22, 22, 33, 37, 43, 43, 45, 53 The Acts of the Apostles 37, 55 The Epistle of Buṭrus the Apostle 46 The Epistles of Būlus the Apostle 9, 10, 22, 22, 29, 37, 44, 51 The Book of Leviticus 33 The Book of Ayyūb 33 The Book of Genesis 10, 33 The Book of Ecclesiastes 37 The Book of Exodus 21, 43, 55 The Book of Psalms 10, 21 (8 times), 22, 37, 38, 38 The Prophecy of Zakariyā 33

But while you mock even the smaller animals, which the supreme Craftsman has on purpose enlarged in talents or in strength — thus teaching that greatness is proved in smallness, just as virtue in weakness, according to the apostle — imitate, if you can, the buildings of the bee, the stables of the ant, the nets of the spider, the threads of the silkworm;