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Through vainglory (kata kenodoxian). Late word, only here in N.T., from kenodoxos (kenos, doxa, Gal 5:26, only here in N.T.), empty pride.
In lowliness of mind (tēi tapeinophrosunēi). Late and rare word. Not in O.T. or early Greek writers. In Josephus and Epictetus in bad sense (pusillanimity). For ostentatious humility in Corinthians Phi 2:18, Phi 2:23. One of the words, like tapeinos (Mat 11:29) and tapeinophrōn (1Pe 3:8, here alone in N.T.) that Christianity has ennobled and dignified (Act 20:19).
Better than himself (huperechontas heautōn). Present active participle of huperechō in intransitive sense to excel or surpass with the ablative, “excelling themselves.” See Rom 12:10.