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τίς γάρ σε διακρίνει; τί δὲ ἔχεις ὃ οὐκ ἔλαβες; εἰ δὲ καὶ ἔλαβες, τί καυχᾶσαι ὡς μὴ λαβών;

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For who sees anything different in you?[a] What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as if it were not a gift?

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 4:7 Or Who makes you different from another?

Having your favourite teacher is not only silly but wrong

6-7 I have used myself and Apollos above as an illustration, so that you might learn from what I have said about us not to assess man above his value in God’s sight, and may thus avoid the friction that comes from exalting one teacher against another. For who makes you different from somebody else, and what have you got that was not given to you? And if anything has been given to you, why boast of it as if it were something you had achieved yourself?

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Who made you superior to others? Didn't God give you everything you have? Well, then, how can you boast, as if what you have were not a gift?

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For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?

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