For in Him you have been enriched in every way, in all speech and all knowledge,
Parallel translations
- WEB that in everything you were enriched in him, in all speech and all knowledge;
- KJV That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;
- NKJV that you were enriched in everything by Him in all utterance and all knowledge,
- NASB that in everything you were enriched in Him, in all speech and all knowledge,
- NLT Through him, God has enriched your church in every way—with all of your eloquent words and all of your knowledge.
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Quick answer
Paul notes they were enriched in Christ in all speech and knowledge. God had abundantly gifted this church.
Overview
The Corinthians were not lacking in spiritual endowments; they overflowed in 'speech and all knowledge,' the very gifts they later misused for pride and division. Paul acknowledges God as the giver of these riches, setting up his later teaching that gifts are for service, not boasting. True enrichment is 'in him,' Christ being the source of all spiritual wealth.
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- 2 Cor 9:11You will be enriched in every way to be generous on every occasion, so that through us your giving will produce thanksgiving to God.
- 2 Cor 8:7But just as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness, and in the love we inspired in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.
- Col 2:3in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
- Phil 1:9And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
- Rom 15:14I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, brimming with knowledge, and able to instruct one another.
- Jas 3:13Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
- 1 Cor 12:8To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by the same Spirit,
- 2 Pet 3:18But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
- Eph 6:19Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will boldly make known the mystery of the gospel,
- Eph 1:17that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.
- Col 3:10and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
- Eph 3:8Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
- 1 Cor 13:2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
- Eph 2:7in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
- Rom 11:12But if their trespass means riches for the world, and their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their fullness bring!
- Col 1:9–10For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
- 1 Cor 8:11So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.
- 1 Cor 14:26What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. All of these must be done to build up the church.
- 2 Cor 4:6For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
- Acts 2:4And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
- 1 Cor 13:8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed.
- 1 Cor 14:5–6I wish that all of you could speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be edified.
- Rom 15:4For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.
- 1 Cor 12:10to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in various tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.
- 1 Cor 4:7–10For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?
- Col 4:3–4as you pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.
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