1 Corinthians 4:6

Paul has used himself and Apollos as examples so the Corinthians would learn not to go beyond Scripture or take pride in favorite leaders. It matters because Scripture, not human preference, sets the bounds of Christian thinking.

Cross-references · 32

• 2 Cor 11:4For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it way too easily.
• 2 Cor 12:19Have you been thinking all along that we were making a defense to you? We speak before God in Christ, and all of this, beloved, is to build you up.
• 2 Cor 12:6Even if I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me,
• Col 2:18Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you with speculation about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up without basis by his unspiritual mind.
• Rom 12:3For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.
• 1 Th 1:5because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and with great conviction—just as you know we lived among you for your sake.
• John 3:26–27So John’s disciples came to him and said, “Look, Rabbi, the One who was with you beyond the Jordan, the One you testified about—He is baptizing, and everyone is going to Him.”
• 2 Cor 4:15All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is extending to more and more people may overflow in thanksgiving, to the glory of God.
• 1 Cor 9:23I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.
• 1 Cor 5:6Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?
• 1 Cor 1:31Therefore, as it is written: “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”
• 1 Cor 3:19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”
• 1 Cor 3:21Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,
• 2 Cor 10:7You are looking at outward appearances. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should remind himself that we belong to Christ just as much as he does.
• 1 Cor 3:4–7For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men?
• 1 Cor 8:1Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
• Ps 8:4what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
• 2 Cor 10:15Neither do we boast beyond our limits in the labors of others. But we hope that as your faith increases, our area of influence among you will greatly increase as well,
• 1 Cor 1:12What I mean is this: Individuals among you are saying, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.”
• Jer 17:5–6This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
• 2 Cor 10:12We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they show their ignorance.
• Num 11:28–29Joshua son of Nun, the attendant to Moses since youth, spoke up and said, “Moses, my lord, stop them!”
• Matt 23:8–10But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.
• 1 Cor 1:19For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
• Job 11:11–12Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?
• 1 Cor 5:2And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have been stricken with grief and have removed from your fellowship the man who did this?
• 1 Cor 4:18–19Some of you have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.
• Isa 2:22Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
• 2 Tim 2:10For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
• 2 Cor 11:12–15But I will keep on doing what I am doing, in order to undercut those who want an opportunity to be regarded as our equals in the things of which they boast.
• Ps 146:3Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
• 1 Cor 13:4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

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