For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
For I say (with divine authority), through the grace given unto me - as an apostle of Jesus Christ; thus exemplifying his own precept by modestly falling back on that office which both warranted and required such plainness toward all classes:
To every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, х mee (G3361) huperfronein (G5252) par' (G3844) ho (G3588) dei (G1163) fronein (G5426) alla (G235) fronein (G5426) eis (G1519) to (G3588) soofronein (G4993)]. It is impossible to convey in good English the emphatic play which each word here has upon another-`not to be high minded above what he ought to be minded, but so to be minded as to be sober-minded.' To be 'high-minded above what he ought to be minded' is merely a strong way of characterizing all undue self-elevation.
According as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. Faith is here viewed as the inlet to, or seed-bed of, all the other graces, and so as the receptive faculty of the renewed soul-q.d., 'As God hath given to each his particular capacity to take in the gifts and graces which He designs for the general good.'