1 Corinthians 4:7

James Moffatt - New Testament

Who singles you out, my brother? What do you possess that has not been given you? And if it was given you, why do you boast as if it had been gained, not given?

Cross References

John 3:27

John answered, "No one can receive anything except as a gift from heaven.

1 Peter 4:10

You must serve one another, each with the talent he has received, as efficient stewards of God's varied grace.

James 1:17

all we are given is good, and all our endowments are faultless, descending from above, from the Father of the heavenly lights, who knows no change of rising and setting, who casts no shadow on the earth.

Romans 12:6

Our talents differ with the grace that is given us; if the talent is that of prophecy, let us employ it in proportion to our faith;

John 1:16

For we have all been receiving grace after grace from his fulness;

Luke 19:13

He first called his ten servants, giving them each a five-pound note, and telling them, 'Trade with this till I come back.'

1 Corinthians 15:10

But by God's grace I am what I am. The grace he showed me did not go for nothing; no, I have done far more work than all of them — though it was not I but God's grace at my side.

1 Corinthians 7:7

I would like all men to be as I am. However, everyone is endowed by God in his own way; he has a gift for the one life or the other.

Romans 12:3

In virtue of my office, I tell everyone of your number who is self-important, that he is not to think more of himself than he ought to think; he must take a sane view of himself, corresponding to the degree of faith which God has assigned to each.

Romans 1:5

through whom I have received the favour of my commission to promote obedience to the faith for his sake among all the Gentiles,

1 Corinthians 5:6

Your boasting is no credit to you. Do you not know that a morsel of dough will leaven the whole lump?

1 Corinthians 3:5

Who is Apollos? Who is Paul? They are simply used by God to give you faith, each as the Lord assigns his task.