It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;

through glory and dishonor, through slander and praise; regarded as impostors, and yet true;

Does not nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace for him,

For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged the natural sexual relations for unnatural ones,

Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use?

(To my disgrace I must say that we were too weak for that!) But whatever anyone else dares to boast about (I am speaking foolishly), I also dare to boast about the same thing.

Now in a wealthy home there are not only gold and silver vessels, but also ones made of wood and of clay, and some are for honorable use, but others for ignoble use.