1 Corinthians 4:7

New American Bible - revised edition

Who confers distinction upon you? What do you possess that you have not received? But if you have received it, why are you boasting as if you did not receive it?

Cross References

Proverbs 2:6

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

Ezekiel 29:3

Say to him: Thus says the Lord God: Pay attention! I am against you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt, Great dragon crouching in the midst of the Nile, Who says, “The Nile belongs to me; I made it myself!”

Daniel 5:18

The Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar kingship, greatness, splendor, and majesty.

Daniel 5:23

you have rebelled against the Lord of heaven. You had the vessels of his temple brought before you, so that you and your nobles, your consorts and your concubines, might drink wine from them; and you praised the gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, that neither see nor hear nor have intelligence. But the God in whose hand is your very breath and the whole course of your life, you did not glorify.

Luke 19:13

He called ten of his servants and gave them ten gold coins and told them, ‘Engage in trade with these until I return.’

John 1:16

From his fullness we have all received, grace in place of grace,

John 3:27

John answered and said, “No one can receive anything except what has been given him from heaven.

Romans 1:5

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

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.

Romans 12:6

Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us exercise them: if prophecy, in proportion to the faith;

1 Corinthians 15:10

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been ineffective. Indeed, I have toiled harder than all of them; not I, however, but the grace of God [that is] with me.

1 Corinthians 3:5

What is Apollos, after all, and what is Paul? Ministers through whom you became believers, just as the Lord assigned each one.

1 Corinthians 5:6

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

1 Corinthians 7:7

Indeed, I wish everyone to be as I am, but each has a particular gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.

James 1:17

all good giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no alteration or shadow caused by change.

1 Peter 4:10

As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God’s varied grace.