First Epistle to the Corinthians

For Christ belongs to those who are humble-minded, and not to those who elevate themselves over His flock. Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Sceptre of the majesty of God, did not come with pride or arrogance, even though He could have, but in a lowly condition, as the Holy Spirit had declared about Him. For it says, "Lord, who has believed our report, and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? We have declared [our message] in His presence: He is, like a child, and like a root in dry ground; He has no form or glory, yes, we saw Him, and He had no form or attractiveness; but His form was unremarkable, even lacking compared to the [ordinary] form of men.

He is a man familiar with suffering and acquainted with the endurance of grief: for His face was turned away; He was despised, and not esteemed. He bears our iniquities, and grieves for our sakes; yet we thought that [for His own account] He was exposed to labor, and stripes, and affliction.

But He was wounded for our transgressions, and bruised for our iniquities. The punishment for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we were healed. All of us, like sheep, have gone astray; [every] person has wandered in their own way; and the Lord has delivered Him up for our sins, while in the midst of His sufferings He did not open His mouth.

He was brought like a sheep to the slaughter, and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth. In His humiliation, His judgment was taken away; who shall declare His generation? for His life was taken from the earth. For the transgressions of my people was He brought to death. And I will give the wicked for His burial, and the rich for His death, because He did no iniquity, nor was deceit found in His mouth.

And the Lord is pleased to purify Him by stripes. If you make an offering for sin, your soul shall see long-lived descendants. And the Lord is pleased to relieve Him of the affliction of His soul, to show Him light, and to form Him with understanding, to justify the Just One who serves many well; and He Himself shall carry their sins. On this account, He shall inherit many and shall divide the spoils of the strong; because His soul was delivered to death, and He was counted among the transgressors, and He bore the sins of many, and for their sins, He was delivered." And again He says, "I am a worm, and not a man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people.

All who see Me have mocked Me; they have spoken with their lips; they have shaken their heads, [saying] He hoped in God, let Him deliver Him, let Him save Him, since He delights in Him." You see, beloved, the example that has been given to us; for if the Lord humbled Himself like this, what shall we do who have through Him come under the yoke of His grace?