In some places, this passage cannot be obeyed. When men resent the money, honor, talent, ability, or success of another, bitter gossip will soon begin.
Pride kindles the fires of ungodly, unloving words and deeds.
Pretentious, proud men feel imaginary slights and are wounded by arrows that have never been shot. Those who do the least, gripe and grumble the most. They do nothing to advance the cause of Christ. They teach no one. They encourage no one.