1 Corinthians 4:7

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you didn’t receive? If, in fact, you did receive it, why do you boast as if you hadn’t received it?

Cross References

John 3:27

John responded, ‘No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven.

1 Peter 4:10

Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve others,  as good stewards of the varied grace of God.

James 1:17

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

Romans 12:6

According to the grace given to us, we have different gifts:  If prophecy,  use it according to the proportion of one’s  faith;

John 1:16

Indeed, we have all received grace  upon  grace from his fullness,

Proverbs 2:6

For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

Luke 19:13

He called ten of his servants, gave them ten minas,   and told them, “Engage in business until I come back.”

1 Corinthians 15:10

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace towards me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

1 Corinthians 7:7

I wish that all people were as I am. But each has his own gift  from God, one person has this gift, another has that.

Romans 12:3

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.

Romans 1:5

Through him we have received grace and apostleship  to bring about  the obedience  of faith for the sake of his name among all the Gentiles,  ,

Daniel 5:23

Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of the heavens. The vessels from his house were brought to you, and as you and your nobles, wives, and concubines drank wine from them,  you praised the gods made of silver and gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or understand.  But you have not glorified the God who holds your life-breath in his hand and who controls the whole course of your life.  ,

Daniel 5:18

Your Majesty, the Most High God gave sovereignty,  greatness, glory, and majesty to your predecessor Nebuchadnezzar.

Ezekiel 29:3

Speak to him and say, “This is what the Lord God says: Look, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster  , lying in the middle of his Nile, who says, ‘My Nile is my own; I made it for myself.’

1 Corinthians 5:6

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

1 Corinthians 3:5

What then is Apollos? What is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, and each has the role the Lord has given.