Do Not Be Conceited

“Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.” – Galatians 5:26

Lady Nancy Astor, the first woman ever seated in the British House of Commons from 1919 until 1945. She encountered a lot of male antagonism but proved herself capable of giving as well as receiving in that arena.

Once, at a formal dinner, Lady Astor said to her neighbor that she considered men to be more conceited than women. Noticing that she had been heard around the table, she continued loudly: “It’s a pity that the most intelligent and learned men attach the least importance to the way they dress.

Why, right at this table the most cultivated man is wearing the most clumsily knotted tie!” The words were scarcely out of her mouth before every man in the room secretly reached up to adjust his tie.

Conceit is a sin – be on your guard against it!

Confess any sin of conceit in your life and seek to walk humbly with the Lord.

“Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, brags of his substance: they are but beggars who can count their worth.” – William Shakespeare

“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.” – Philippians 2:3