1 Corinthians 4:7

Paul asks who made them superior and points out that everything they have was received as a gift, so boasting is groundless. It matters because grace leaves no room for pride.

Cross-references · 29

• John 3:27John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
• Jas 1:17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
• 1 Pet 4:10As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
• 1 Chr 29:11–16Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.
• Rom 12:6Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
• John 1:16And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
• Prov 2:6For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
• Luke 19:13And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
• 1 Tim 1:12–15And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;
• Ezek 28:2–5Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:
• 1 Cor 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
• 2 Chr 32:23–29And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.
• Rom 9:16–18So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
• 1 Cor 7:7For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
• Titus 3:3–7For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
• 2 Th 2:12–14That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
• Dan 5:23But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
• Dan 4:30–32The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
• 1 Cor 12:4–11Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
• Rom 1:5By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
• Ezek 29:3Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
• Rom 12:3For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
• Dan 5:18O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
• Eph 3:3–5How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
• Acts 12:22–23And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.
• 1 Cor 3:5Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
• 2 Chr 1:7–12In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.
• Matt 25:14–15For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
• 1 Cor 5:6Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

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