What are the sins of equals?

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Q 132. What are the sins of equals?

A. The sins of equals are, besides the neglect of the duties required,¹ the undervaluing of the worth,² envying the gifts,³ grieving at the advancement of prosperity one of another;⁴ and usurping preeminence one over another.⁵

Romans 13:8

Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. (ESV)

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2 Timothy 3:3

heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good,

Proverbs 14:21

Whoever despises his neighbor is a sinner,
but blessed is he who is generous to the poor.

Isaiah 65:5

who say, “Keep to yourself,
do not come near me, for I am too holy for you.”
These are a smoke in my nostrils,
a fire that burns all the day. (ESV)

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Acts 7:9

“And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God was with him

Galatians 5:26

Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. (ESV)

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Numbers 12:2

And they said, “Has the Lord indeed spoken only through Moses? Has he not spoken through us also?” And the Lord heard it. (ESV)

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3 John 1:9

I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority.

Luke 22:24

A dispute also arose among them, as to which of them was to be regarded as the greatest. (ESV)

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