This is an individual matter -Let every man", lit. -let each one".

prove his own work -test his own conduct". Self-examination will lead to a true estimate of self, ascertained by comparison, not with the attainments of others, but with the requirements of the law of Christ. The result may be humiliation, self-abasement, shame; but the ground of boasting will not be that of the Pharisee, -God, I thank thee that I am not as other men are", but of that otherPharisee, -By the grace of God I am what I am".

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