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1 Corinthians 4:6
New International Version
1 Corinthians 4:6
New International Version
6 Now, brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying, “Do not go beyond what is written.”(A) Then you will not be puffed up in being a follower of one of us over against the other.(B)
1 Corinthians 4:6
New American Standard Bible
1 Corinthians 4:6
New American Standard Bible
6 Now these things, brothers and sisters, I have figuratively applied to myself and Apollos on your account, so that in us you may learn not to exceed (A)what is written, so that no one of you will (B)become [a]arrogant (C)in behalf of one against the other.
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- 1 Corinthians 4:6 Lit puffed up
1 Corinthians 4:6
Amplified Bible
1 Corinthians 4:6
Amplified Bible
6 Now I have applied these things [that is, the analogies about factions] to myself and Apollos for your benefit, believers, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written [in Scripture], so that none of you will become arrogant and boast in favor of one [minister or teacher] against the other.
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1 Corinthians 4:6
King James Version
1 Corinthians 4:6
King James Version
6 And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.
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1 Corinthians 4:6
Contemporary English Version
1 Corinthians 4:6
Contemporary English Version
6 Friends, I have used Apollos and myself as examples to teach you the meaning of the saying, “Follow the rules.” I want you to stop saying one of us is better than the other.
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