TheWay BibleHome›Bible›1 Corinthians›1 Corinthians 4›1 Corinthians 4:7
1 Corinthians 4:7 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 4 · verse 7
For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?1 Corinthians 4:7 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 4:7 in context
5Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
6And 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.
7For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
8Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.
9For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
Commentary
Cross references
Key words (Strong's)
- receivedebut, moreover, and, etcG1161 →
- makethdiakrinōto separate, make a distinction, discriminate, to prefer, to learn by discrimination, to…G1252 →
- didstlambanōto take, to take with the hand, lay hold of, any person or thing in order to use it, to…G2983 →
- glorykauchaomaito glory , to glory on account of a thing, to glory in a thingG2744 →
Keep reading in TheWay Bible App
Read, study, memorize, journal, and pray — tap any word for its Greek or Hebrew definition, save verses to memorize, and keep a journal. Free on the web and iOS.
Here the apostle improves the foregoing hint to a caution against pride and self-conceit, and sets forth the temptations the Corinthians had to despise him, from the difference of their circumstances. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-13