But like a good king and a true father, God has given us these abilities completely free. No one can block them or force us to use them differently. He put them entirely under our control. He didn't even keep any power to interfere with them himself. You received these powers as your own, yet you don't use them. You don't even see what you've been given or who gave it to you. Some of you are blind to the giver. You don't even recognize your benefactor. Others are so small-minded that you spend your time complaining and blaming God. I can show you that you have real power for greatness and courage. But show me what power you have for fault-finding and making accusations.
but, like a good king and a true father, He has given us these faculties free from hindrance, subject to no compulsion, unimpeded, and has put them entirely in our own power, without even having reserved to Himself any power of hindering or impeding. You, who have received these powers free and as your own, use them not; you do not even see what you have received, and from whom; some of you being blinded to the giver, and not even acknowledging your benefactor, and others, through meanness of spirit, betaking yourselves to fault-finding and making charges against God. Yet I will show to you that you have powers and means for greatness of soul and manliness; but what powers you have for finding fault making accusations, do you show me.