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1 Corinthians 4:7

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Who do you think you are? Everything you have was given to you. So, if everything you have was given to you, why do you act as if you got it all by your own power?

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John answered, “A person can receive only what God gives.

God has shown you his grace in many different ways. So be good servants and use whatever gift he has given you in a way that will best serve each other.

Everything good comes from God. Every perfect gift is from him. These good gifts come down from the Father who made all the lights in the sky. But God never changes like the shadows from those lights. He is always the same.

We all have different gifts. Each gift came because of the grace God gave us. Whoever has the gift of prophecy should use that gift in a way that fits the kind of faith they have.

Yes, the Word was full of grace and truth, and from him we all received one blessing after another.

The Lord is the source of wisdom; knowledge and understanding come from his mouth.

So he called ten of his servants together. He gave a bag of money to each servant. He said, ‘Do business with this money until I come back.’

But, because of God’s grace, that is what I am. And his grace that he gave me was not wasted. I worked harder than all the other apostles. (But I was not really the one working. It was God’s grace that was with me.)

I wish everyone could be like me. But God has given each person a different ability. He makes some able to live one way, others to live a different way.

God has given me a special gift, and that is why I have something to say to each one of you. Don’t think that you are better than you really are. You must see yourself just as you are. Decide what you are by the faith God has given each of us.

Through Christ, God gave me the special work of an apostle—to lead people of all nations to believe and obey him. I do all this to honor Christ.

No, you did not become humble. Instead, you have turned against the Lord of heaven. You ordered the drinking cups from his Temple to be brought to you. Then you and your royal officials, your wives, and your slave women drank wine from those cups. You gave praise to the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone. They are not really gods; they cannot see or hear or understand anything. But you did not give honor to the God who has the power over your life and everything you do.

“King, God Most High made your grandfather Nebuchadnezzar a very great and powerful king and gave him great wealth.

Say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “‘I am against you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt. You are the great monster lying beside the Nile River. You say, “This is my river! I made this river!”

Your proud talk is not good. You know the saying, “Just a little yeast makes the whole batch of dough rise.”

Is Apollos so important? Is Paul so important? We are only servants of God who helped you believe. Each one of us did the work God gave us to do.




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