1 Corinthians 4:6

New American Bible - revised edition

I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written, so that none of you will be inflated with pride in favor of one person over against another.

Cross References

Psalm 146:3

Put no trust in princes, in children of Adam powerless to save.

Psalm 8:4

When I see your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and stars that you set in place—

Isaiah 2:22

As for you, stop worrying about mortals, in whose nostrils is but a breath; for of what worth are they?

Acts 18:24

A Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, an eloquent speaker, arrived in Ephesus. He was an authority on the scriptures.

Acts 19:1

While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior of the country and came [down] to Ephesus where he found some disciples.

Romans 12:3

For by the grace given to me I tell everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than one ought to think, but to think soberly, each according to the measure of faith that God has apportioned.

1 Corinthians 1:12

I mean that each of you is saying, “I belong to Paul,” or “I belong to Apollos,” or “I belong to Cephas,” or “I belong to Christ.”

1 Corinthians 1:19

For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the learning of the learned I will set aside.”

1 Corinthians 1:31

so that, as it is written, “Whoever boasts, should boast in the Lord.”

1 Corinthians 13:4

Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, [love] is not pompous, it is not inflated,

1 Corinthians 3:19

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in the eyes of God, for it is written: “He catches the wise in their own ruses,”

1 Corinthians 3:21

So let no one boast about human beings, for everything belongs to you,

1 Corinthians 5:2

And you are inflated with pride. Should you not rather have been sorrowful? The one who did this deed should be expelled from your midst.

1 Corinthians 5:6

Your boasting is not appropriate. Do you not know that a little yeast leavens all the dough?

1 Corinthians 8:1

Now in regard to meat sacrificed to idols: we realize that “all of us have knowledge”; knowledge inflates with pride, but love builds up.

1 Corinthians 9:23

All this I do for the sake of the gospel, so that I too may have a share in it.

2 Corinthians 10:12

Not that we dare to class or compare ourselves with some of those who recommend themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another and compare themselves with one another, they are without understanding.

2 Corinthians 10:15

We are not boasting beyond measure, in other people’s labors; yet our hope is that, as your faith increases, our influence among you may be greatly enlarged, within our proper limits,

2 Corinthians 10:7

Look at what confronts you. Whoever is confident of belonging to Christ should consider that as he belongs to Christ, so do we.

2 Corinthians 11:4

For if someone comes and preaches another Jesus than the one we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it well enough.

2 Corinthians 12:19

Have you been thinking all along that we are defending ourselves before you? In the sight of God we are speaking in Christ, and all for building you up, beloved.

2 Corinthians 12:20

For I fear that when I come I may find you not such as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish; that there may be rivalry, jealousy, fury, selfishness, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.

2 Corinthians 12:6

Although if I should wish to boast, I would not be foolish, for I would be telling the truth. But I refrain, so that no one may think more of me than what he sees in me or hears from me

2 Corinthians 4:15

Everything indeed is for you, so that the grace bestowed in abundance on more and more people may cause the thanksgiving to overflow for the glory of God.

Colossians 2:18

Let no one disqualify you, delighting in self-abasement and worship of angels, taking his stand on visions, inflated without reason by his fleshly mind,

1 Thessalonians 1:5

For our gospel did not come to you in word alone, but also in power and in the holy Spirit and [with] much conviction. You know what sort of people we were [among] you for your sake.

2 Timothy 2:10

Therefore, I bear with everything for the sake of those who are chosen, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, together with eternal glory.