1 Corinthians 4:7 Cross References - Living_Oracles

⁷ Besides, who makes you to differ? For what have you which you did not receive? And now, if you did receive it, why do you boast as not receiving it?

¹⁴ For the Son of Man is like one who intending to travel, called his servants, and committed to them his stock; ¹⁵ to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to each according to his respective ability, and immediately set out.

¹⁰ Let every one, according as he has received a gift, minister it to the others, as good stewards of the manifold favor of God.

¹³ and having called ten of his servants, and delivered to them ten pounds, he said, improve these till I return.

¹⁶ Of his fulness we all have received, even favor for favor's sake;

²⁷ John answered, A man can have no power but what he derives from heaven.

²² And the people cried out, It is the voice of a God, and not of a man! ²³ But immediately a messenger of the Lord smote him, because he did not give glory to God: and being eaten with worms, he expired.

⁵ by whom we have received favor, even the apostolic office, for the obedience of faith among all nations, for his name's sake:

¹⁶ So, then, it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs; but of God, who shows mercy. ¹⁷ Besides, the scripture says to Pharaoh, "Even for this same purpose I have roused you up; that I might show, in you, my power; and that my name might be published through all the earth." ¹⁸ Well, then, he has mercy on whom he will; and whom he will, he hardens.

³ Also, by the favor which is given to me, I charge every one of you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think modestly, as God has distributed to every one a portion of his faith.

⁶ Having, then, gifts, differing according to the favor which is given to us-if prophecy act according to the measure of faith-

⁵ For who is Paul, and who is Apollos; but ministers, by whom you have believed, even as the Lord has given to each?

⁶ Your boasting is not becoming. Do you not know, that a little leaven leavens the whole mass?

⁷ that I wish all men to be as I myself am. However, each has a proper gift from God; one, indeed, after this manner, and another after that.

⁴ Now, there are diversities of gifts, but the same spirit. ⁵ And there are diversities of ministries, but the same Lord. ⁶ And there are diversities of operations, but the same God, who works all in all. ⁷ And to each is given this manifestation of the Spirit, for the advantage of all. ⁸ For to one, indeed, is given, by the Spirit, the word of wisdom: and to another, the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit. ⁹ And to another, faith, by the same Spirit: and to another, healing, by the same Spirit: ¹⁰ and to another, the operations of powers: and to another, prophecy: and to another, diverse kinds of foreign tongues: and to another, the interpretation of foreign tongues. ¹¹ Now, all these does the one and the same Spirit effectively work; distributing to each, respectively, as he pleases.

¹⁰ But, by the favor of God, I am what I am: and his favor which was bestowed on me, was not vain; for I have labored more abundantly than all of them; yet not I, but the favor of God, which is with me.

³ that by revelation the secret was made known to me, (as I wrote before in a few words; ⁴ by which, when you read, you may perceive my knowledge of the secret of Christ,) ⁵ which in former ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy Apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

¹² that all may be condemned who have not believed the truth, but have taken pleasure in iniquity. ¹³ But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved of the Lord, because God has, from the beginning, chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of spirit, and belief of truth; ¹⁴ to which he called you, by our gospel, that you might obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹² Now, I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has qualified me, that he reckoned me faithful, appointing me to the ministry, ¹³ who was formerly a defamer, and a persecutor, and an injurious person. But I received mercy, because I acted ignorantly in unbelief; ¹⁴ and the favor of the Lord has superabounded, with the faith and love which is by Christ Jesus. ¹⁵ This saying is true, and worthy of all reception, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.

³ For even we ourselves were formerly foolish, disobedient, erring, slavishly serving diverse inordinate desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. ⁴ But when the goodness and philanthropy of God our Saviour shone forth, ⁵ he saved us-not on account of works of righteousness which we had done-but according to his own mercy, through the bath of regeneration, and the renewing of the Holy Spirit; ⁶ which he poured out on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour; ⁷ that being justified by his favor, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

¹⁷ every good gift, and every perfect gift, is from above, descended from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variableness, nor shadow of turning.