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1 Corinthians 4:6

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Now, brothers and sisters,  I have applied these things to myself and Apollos  for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying: ‘Nothing beyond what is written.’ The purpose is that none of you will be arrogant, favouring one person over another.

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For if a person comes and preaches another Jesus,  whom we did not preach, or you receive a different spirit,  which you had not received, or a different gospel,  which you had not accepted, you put up with it splendidly!


Have you been thinking all along that we were defending ourselves to you? No, in the sight of God we are speaking in Christ, and everything, dear friends, is for building you up.


For if I want to boast, I wouldn’t be a fool, because I would be telling the truth.  But I will spare you, so that no one can credit me with something beyond what he sees in me or hears from me,


Let no one condemn  you  by delighting in ascetic practices  and the worship of angels, claiming access to a visionary realm. Such a person is inflated  by empty notions of his unspiritual  mind.


because our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit,  and with full assurance. You know how we lived among you  for your benefit,


For by the grace  given to me, I tell everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he should think.  Instead, think sensibly, as God has distributed a measure of faith  to each one.


Look at what is obvious.  If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ,  let him remind himself of this: Just as he belongs to Christ, so do we.


Indeed, everything is for your benefit so that, as grace extends through more and more people, it may cause thanksgiving  to increase to the glory of God.


Now about food sacrificed to idols:  We know that ‘we all have knowledge’. Knowledge puffs up,  but love  builds up.


Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little leaven  , leavens the whole batch of dough?


For the wisdom of this world is foolishness  with God, since it is written,  He catches the wise in their craftiness;  ,


This is why I endure  all things for the elect:  so that they also may obtain salvation, which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.


We are not boasting beyond measure about other people’s labours. On the contrary, we have the hope  that as your faith increases, our area of ministry will be greatly enlarged,


For we don’t dare classify or compare ourselves with some who commend  themselves. But in measuring themselves by themselves and comparing themselves to themselves,  they lack understanding.


Love is patient,  love is kind. Love does not envy,  is not boastful, is not arrogant,


Now I do all this because of the gospel, so that I may share in the blessings.


And you are arrogant! Shouldn’t you be filled with grief  and remove from your congregation the one who did this?


So let no one boast in human leaders, for everything is yours   #– #


in order that, as it is written:  Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.   ,


For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will set aside the intelligence of the intelligent.   ,


What I am saying is this: One of you says, ‘I belong to Paul,’ or ‘I belong to Apollos,’  or ‘I belong to Cephas,’  or ‘I belong to Christ.’


Put no more trust in a mere human, who has only the breath in his nostrils. What is he really worth?


Now a Jew named Apollos,  a native Alexandrian, an eloquent man who was competent in the use of the Scriptures, arrived in Ephesus.


While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul travelled through the interior regions and came to Ephesus. He found some disciples


For I fear that perhaps when I come I will not find you to be what I want, and you may not find me to be what you want. Perhaps there will be quarrelling,  jealousy,  angry outbursts, selfish ambitions,  slander,  gossip, arrogance, and disorder.





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