1 Corinthians 4:7 Cross References - WPNT

⁷ Now who is distinguishing you? Or what do you have that you did not receive? So if you did indeed receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?

¹⁴ “Because the kingdom is also like a man about to go on a long journey, who called his own servants and entrusted his possessions to them. ¹⁵ To one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on the journey.

¹³ He called ten of his slaves, gave them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Conduct business until I come’.

¹⁶ Now we have all received from His fullness, yes, grace upon grace.

²⁷ John answered and said: “A person can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from Heaven.

²² But the crowd started calling out, “The voice of a god and not of a man!” ²³ Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give glory to God, and being eaten by worms, he died.

⁵ through whom we have received grace and apostleship to promote obedience of faith among all ethnic nations concerning His name

¹⁶ So then, it is not of him who wills nor of him who strives, but of God who shows mercy. ¹⁷ For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” ¹⁸ So then, He has mercy on whom He wishes, and He hardens whom He wishes.

³ Based on the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to set your sights higher than you should, but set them sensibly, as God has apportioned a measure of faith to each.

⁶ Since we have different spiritual gifts according to the grace that was given us, let us use them : if prophecy, according to the analogy of the Faith;

⁵ Who then is Paul, who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord has given to each one?

⁶ Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough?

⁷ (though I wish that all men were even as I myself; but each has his own gift from God, one like this and one like that).

⁴ Now there are allotments of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit. ⁵ And there are allotments of ministries, and the same Lord. ⁶ And there are allotments of activities, but the same God is He who works them all, in all. ⁷ But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the common good. ⁸ So to one a word of wisdom is given, by the Spirit; to another a word of knowledge, by the same Spirit; ⁹ to a different one faith, by the same Spirit; to another presents of healings, by the same Spirit; ¹⁰ to another workings of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discernings of spirits; to a different one kinds of languages, to another interpretation of languages. ¹¹ However, the one and the same Spirit produces all of these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills.

¹⁰ But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me has not been in vain; in fact, I have worked harder than all of them—well, not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

³ how that by revelation He made known to me the ‘secret’ (as I have written briefly already, ⁴ with reference to which, when you read, you can understand my insight into Christ’s secret), ⁵ which in different generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets:

¹² and so that all may be condemned who have not believed the truth but have taken pleasure in wickedness. ¹³ Now we are obligated to always give thanks to God about you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God chose you into salvation, through sanctification of spirit and belief in truth, ¹⁴ to which He called you through our gospel, so as to obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹² I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who enables me, because He considered me faithful, putting me into a ministry; ¹³ I, who was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and arrogant; but I was shown mercy, because being ignorant I did it in unbelief; ¹⁴ the grace of our Lord overflowed, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. ¹⁵ Here is a trustworthy word, worthy of total acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am chief;

³ Because we ourselves were also foolish at one time, disobedient, being deceived, being enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, detestable, hating one another. ⁴ But when the kindness of our Savior God and His love toward mankind manifested itself, ⁵ He saved us—not because of righteous deeds that we ourselves had done but according to His mercy, by means of the bath of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit, ⁶ whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, ⁷ so that having been justified by His grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

¹⁷ every good giving and every perfect gift is from Above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.

¹⁰ As each has received a gift, minister it to one another as good administrators of God’s varied grace.