9 But you are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a purchased people, that you may show forth the virtues of Him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light -
6 "Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings? Yet not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God!
7 "But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not! You are of more value than many sparrow!
3 For, through the grace that was given to me, I tell every man among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but so to think, as to think soberly, according to the measure of faith which God has given him.