3. I do not therefore claim for myself the
glory of the apostles (for who can do this save those whom the Son of
God Himself has chosen?); nor the grace of the prophets, nor the virtue
of the evangelists, nor the cautious care of the pastors. I only
desire to attain to that care and diligence in the sacred writings,
which the Apostle has placed last amongst the duties of the
saints; 1 Cor. xii. 10. and this very thing I desire, so that, in
the endeavour to teach, I may be able to learn. For one is the
true Master, Who alone has not learnt, what He taught all; but men
learn before they teach, and receive from Him what they may hand on to
others.