Trust Christ, but do not trust yourself
The full he empties, and the empty he fills.
The fact is, we sometimes read Scripture, thinking of what it ought to say, rather than what it does say.
I have heard of some good old woman in a cottage, who had nothing but a piece of bread and a little water, and lifting up her hands, she said, as a blessing, What! all this, and Christ too?
Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.
To me the Bible is not God, but it is God's voice, and I do not hear it without awe