Think about the circumstances of your call, brothers and sisters. Not many were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were born to a privileged position.

If after all there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords),

That is why many of you are weak and sick, and quite a few are dead.

because a door of great opportunity stands wide open for me, but there are many opponents.

Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all share the one bread.