1 Corinthians 4:8 Cross References - Goodspeed

⁸ Are you satisfied already? Have you become rich already? Have you entered your kingdom without waiting for us? I wish you had entered it, so that we might share it with you!

⁵¹ "He has done mighty deeds with his arm, He has routed the proud-minded, ⁵² He has dethroned monarchs and exalted the poor, ⁵³ He has satisfied the hungry with good things, and sent the rich away empty-handed.

²⁵ "Alas for you who have plenty to eat now, for you will be hungry! "Alas for you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep!

²⁹ I know that after I am gone savage wolves will get in among you and will not spare the flock, ³⁰ and from your own number men will appear and teach perversions of the truth in order to draw the disciples away after them.

²⁹ "In a hurry or not," said Paul, "I would to God that not only you, but all who hear me today, might be what I am—except for these chains!"

³ By the favor that God has shown me, I would tell every one of you not to think too highly of himself, but to think reasonably, judging himself by the degree of faith God has allowed him.

¹⁵ Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. ¹⁶ Live in harmony with one another. Do not be too ambitious, but accept humble tasks. Do not be conceited.

⁵ For you have grown rich in everything through union with him—in power of expression and in capacity for knowledge.

¹ So, for my part, brothers, I could not treat you as spiritual persons; I had to treat you just as creatures of flesh and blood, as babies in Christian living. ² I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. Why, you are not ready for it now,

¹⁸ Some of you seem to think that I am not coming to visit you, and are putting on airs about it.

⁶ Certainly this is nothing for you to boast of. Do you not know that a little yeast will affect all the dough?

¹ I wish you would put up with a little folly from me. Do put up with it!

⁹ I am glad to be weak, if you are strong! That is what I pray for—the perfecting of your characters.

³ For if anyone thinks he is somebody when he is really nobody, he is deceiving himself.

²⁷ Whatever happens, show yourselves citizens worthy of the good news of the Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am kept away and only hear news of you, I may know that you are standing firm with one spirit, one purpose, fighting side by side for faith in the good news.

¹² So, my dear friends, as you have always been obedient, with reverence and awe make every effort to insure your salvation, not simply as though I were with you, but all the more because I am away.

¹⁹ For what hope or happiness shall we have or what prize to be proud of in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes, except you? ²⁰ You are our pride and our joy.

⁶ But now that Timothy has just come back to me from you, and brought me good news of your faith and love, and told me how kindly you think of me and that you long to see me just as much as I long to see you, ⁷ I feel encouraged, brothers, about you, in spite of all my distress and trouble, at your faith, ⁸ for now I can really live, since you are standing firm in the Lord. ⁹ For how can I thank God enough for you, for all the happiness you make me feel in the presence of our God,

¹¹ How true those words are! "If we have died with him, we will live with him! ¹² If we endure, we will reign with him! If we disown him, he will also disown us!

¹⁷ Because you say, "I am rich, I have become wealthy, I need nothing," and you do not know that it is you that are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked,

¹⁰ and have made them a kingdom of priests for our God, and they are to reign over the earth."