One person pretends to be rich but has nothing; another pretends to be poor but has abundant wealth.
1 Corinthians 4:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised You are already full! You are already rich! You have begun to reign as kings without us #– #and I wish you did reign, so that we could also reign with you! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [You behave as if] you are already filled and think you have enough [you are full and content, feeling no need of anything more]! Already you have become rich [in spiritual gifts and graces]! [Without any counsel or instruction from us, in your conceit], you have ascended your thrones and come into your kingdom without including us! And would that it were true and that you did reign, so that we might be sharing the kingdom with you! American Standard Version (1901) Already are ye filled, already ye are become rich, ye have come to reign without us: yea and I would that ye did reign, that we also might reign with you. Common English Bible You’ve been filled already! You’ve become rich already! You rule like kings without us! I wish you did rule so that we could be kings with you! Catholic Public Domain Version So, now you have been filled, and now you have been made wealthy, as if to reign without us? But I wish that you would reign, so that we, too, might reign with you! Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version You are now full; you are now become rich; you reign without us; and I would to God you did reign, that we also might reign with you. |
One person pretends to be rich but has nothing; another pretends to be poor but has abundant wealth.
The one who boasts about a gift that does not exist is like clouds and wind without rain.
Woe to those who consider themselves wise and judge themselves clever. ,
The prophet Jeremiah said, ‘Amen! May the Lord do that. May the Lord make the words you have prophesied come true and may he restore the articles of the Lord’s temple and all the exiles from Babylon to this place!
But Moses asked him, ‘Are you jealous on my account? If only all the Lord’s people were prophets and the Lord would place his Spirit on them! ’
When he saw the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and after he sat down, his disciples came to him.
Woe to you who are now full, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who are now laughing, for you will mourn and weep.
‘I wish before God,’ replied Paul, ‘that whether easily or with difficulty, not only you but all who listen to me today might become as I am #– #except for these chains.’
For by the grace given to me, I tell everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he should think. Instead, think sensibly, as God has distributed a measure of faith to each one.
that you were enriched in him in every way, in all speech and all knowledge.
Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little leaven , leavens the whole batch of dough?
I wish you would put up with a little foolishness from me. Yes, do put up with me!
We rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. We also pray that you become fully mature.
For if anyone considers himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Just one thing: As citizens of heaven, live your life worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or am absent, I will hear about you that you are standing firm in one spirit, in one accord, contending together for the faith of the gospel,
Therefore, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, so now, not only in my presence but even more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
For you say, “I’m rich; I have become wealthy and need nothing,” and you don’t realise that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.
You made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they will reign on the earth.