KJV King James Version
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]?
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1 Corinthians 4:7
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]?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For 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?
WEB World English Bible
For who makes you different? And what do you have that you didn’t receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?
ASV American Standard Version
For who maketh thee to differ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? but if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
for who doth make thee to differ? and what hast thou, that thou didst not receive? and if thou didst also receive, why dost thou glory as not having received?
Surrounding context — 1 Corinthians 4
4 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
5 Therefore 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.
6 And 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.
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]?
8 Now 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.
9 For 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.
10 We [are] fools for Christ’s sake, but ye [are] wise in Christ; we [are] weak, but ye [are] strong; ye [are] honourable, but we [are] despised.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
τίςG5101 · tiswhich?γάρG1063 · garforσεG4771 · suyouδιακρίνει;G1252 · diakrinōto judge/doubtτίG5101 · tiswhich?δὲG1161 · dethenἔχειςG2192 · echōto have/beὃG3739 · hos, hēwhichοὐκG3756 · ounoἔλαβες;G2983 · lambanōto takeεἰG1487 · eiifδὲG1161 · dethenκαὶG2532 · kaiandἔλαβες,G2983 · lambanōto takeτίG5101 · tiswhich?καυχᾶσαιG2744 · kauchaomaito boastὡςG5613 · hōsas/whenμὴG3361 · mēnotλαβών;G2983 · lambanōto take
Cross-references
John 3:27John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.1 Peter 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.James 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 Chronicles 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.Romans 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.Proverbs 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 Timothy 1:12-15And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;1 Corinthians 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.Romans 9:16-18So then [it is] not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.Ezekiel 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:2 Chronicles 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.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 Thessalonians 2:12-14That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.1 Corinthians 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.Romans 1:5By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:Daniel 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:
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