to those who, like his brother, prove by their lives that it is essential to humiliate oneself in order to believe, he might reply that the condition is shameful.
对那些犹如兄弟一般却用自己的生命证明信仰必须要卑躬屈膝的人,他可能回答他们说,这种境遇是丢脸的。
is it not this: to humiliate oneself in order to mortify one's pride?