First Epistle to the Corinthians

Let us also be imitators of those who, in goat-skins and sheep-skins, went about proclaiming the coming of Christ; I mean Elijah, Elisha, and Ezekiel among the prophets, along with others who are similarly testified about in Scripture. Abraham was specially honored and was called a friend of God; yet he, earnestly regarding the glory of God, humbly declared, “I am but dust and ashes.” Moreover, it is written about Job, “Job was a righteous man, blameless, truthful, God-fearing, and one who kept himself from all evil.” Yet accusing himself, he said, “No man is free from defilement, even if his life is only one day.” Moses was called faithful in all God’s house; and through him, God punished Egypt with plagues and tortures. Yet despite being greatly honored, he did not use lofty language. When the divine message came to him from the bush, he said, “Who am I, that you send me? I am a man of weak voice and slow tongue.” And again he said, “I am but like the smoke of a pot.”