# “This first” by Martin Luther

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“In holy and divine matters one must first _hear_ rather than _see_, first _believe_
rather than _understand_, first _be grasped_ rather than _grasp_, first _be captured_
rather than _capture_, first _learn_ rather than _teach_, first be a _disciple_ 
rather than a _teacher_ and _master_ of his own.

We have an ear so that we may submit to others, and eyes that we may take care of
others. Therefore, whoever in the church wants to become an eye and a leader and
master of others, let him become an ear and a disciple first.

This first.”

–Martin Luther, [_Luther’s Works, Vol. 11: First Lectures on the Psalms II: Psalms 76-126_](https://amzn.to/2X0XSfY)(
ed. Jaroslav Jan Pelikan, Hilton C. Oswald, and Helmut T. Lehmann; vol. 11; Saint
Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1955), 11: 245–246.

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