of heart, so the meek are spoken of before the merciful.103 When the Apostle tells the spiritually minded to instruct the earthly minded he adds: “In the spirit of meekness.”104 The only ones who can instruct the brethren are those who are merciful, those who are meek or humble. In other words, one cannot really be merciful if he is not humble. Thus the Apostle clearly shows what I promised to prove to you, namely that we must look for truth first in ourselves, and afterwards in our neighbor. “Considering