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1 Corinthians 4:8

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

You think you have everything you need. You think you are rich. You think you have become kings without us. I wish you really were kings. Then we could rule together with you.

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You made them to be a kingdom and to be priests for our God. And they will rule on the earth.”

If you think you are too important to do this, you are only fooling yourself.

We are happy to be weak if you are strong. And this is what we pray—that your lives will be made completely right again.

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

In him you have been blessed in every way. You have been blessed in all your speaking and all your knowledge.

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.

How bad it will be for you people who are full now, because you will be hungry. How bad it will be for you people who are laughing now, because you will be sad and cry.

Some people pretend they are rich, but they have nothing. Others pretend they are poor, but they are really rich.

You say you are rich. You think you have become wealthy and don’t need anything. But you don’t know that you are really miserable, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.

My dear friends, you always obeyed what you were taught. Just as you obeyed when I was with you, it is even more important for you to obey now that I am not there. So you must continue to live in a way that gives meaning to your salvation. Do this with fear and respect for God.

Just be sure you live as God’s people in a way that honors the Good News of Christ. Then if I come and visit you or if I am away from you, I will hear good things about you. I will know that you stand together with the same purpose and that you work together like a team to help others believe the Good News.

I wish you would be patient with me even when I am a little foolish. But you are already patient with me.

Some of you are acting so proud, it seems as though you think I won’t be coming there again.

Paul said, “It is not important if it is easy or if it is hard. I pray to God that not only you but that everyone listening to me today could be saved and be just like me—except for these chains I have!”

Jeremiah said to Hananiah, “Amen! May the Lord do that. May the Lord make the message you say come true. May he bring the things of the Lord’s Temple back to this place from Babylon. And may he bring all those who were forced to leave their homes back to this place.

They think they are so smart. They think they are very intelligent.

People who promise to give gifts but never give them are like clouds and wind that bring no rain.

But Moses answered, “Are you afraid the people will think that I am not the leader now? I wish that all the Lord’s people were able to prophesy. I wish that the Lord would put his Spirit on all of them!”

When Jesus saw the crowds of people there, he went up on a hill and sat down. His followers came and sat next to him.




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