1 Corinthians 4:6-8
English Standard Version
6 I have applied all these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers,[a] that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may (A)be puffed up in favor of one against another. 7 For who sees anything different in you? (B)What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?
8 Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! Without us you have become kings! And would that you did reign, so that we might share the rule with you!
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- 1 Corinthians 4:6 Or brothers and sisters
1 Corinthians 4:6-8
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Apostles’ Example of Humility
6 Now, brothers,(A) I have applied these things to myself and Apollos(B) for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the saying: “Nothing beyond what is written.”[a] The purpose is that none of you will be inflated with pride in favor of one person over another. 7 For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you didn’t receive? If, in fact, you did receive it, why do you boast as if you hadn’t received it? 8 You are already full! You are already rich! You have begun to reign as kings without us—and I wish you did reign, so that we could also reign with you!
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- 1 Corinthians 4:6 The words in quotation marks could = the OT, a Jewish maxim, or a popular proverb.
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