1 Corinthians 4:7

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

For who makes any one of you superior to others? And what have you that was not given you? But if you received it as a gift, why do you boast as if you had not?

Cross References

Luke 19:13

He called ten of his servants and gave them ten pounds each, and told them to trade with them during his absence.

John 1:16

Out of his fullness we have all received some gift, gift after gift of love;

John 3:27

John's answer was--"A man can gain nothing but what is given him from Heaven.

Romans 1:5

Through him we received the gift of the Apostolic office, to win submission to the Faith among all nations for the glory of his Name.

Romans 12:3

In fulfillment of the charge with which I have been entrusted, I bid every one of you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think, but to think till he learns to think soberly--in accordance with the measure of faith that God has allotted to each.

Romans 12:6

Since our gifts differ in accordance with the particular charge entrusted to us, if our gift is to preach, let our preaching correspond to our faith;

1 Corinthians 15:10

But it is through the love of God that I am what I am, and the love that he showed me has not been wasted. No, I have toiled harder than any of them, and yet it was not I, but the love of God working with me.

1 Corinthians 3:5

What, I ask, is Apollos? or what is Paul? Servants through whom you were led to accept the Faith; and that only as the Lord helped each of you.

1 Corinthians 5:6

Your boasting is unseemly. Do not you know that even a little leaven leavens all the dough?

1 Corinthians 7:7

I should wish every one to be just what I am myself. But every one has his own gift from God-one in one way, and one in another.

James 1:17

Every good thing given us, and every perfect gift, is from above, and comes down to us from the Maker of the Lights in the heavens, who is himself never subject to change or to eclipse.

1 Peter 4:10

Whatever the gift that each has received, use it in the service of others, as good stewards of the varied bounty of God.