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NASB | 1 Corinthians 4:7 For who regards you as superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it? |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 4:7 For who regards you as superior or what sets you apart as special? What do you have that you did not receive [from another]? And if in fact you received it [from God or someone else], why do you boast as if you had not received it [but had gained it by yourself]? |
Subject: 1 Corinthian 4:9 |
Bible Note: So when he says "we", he is not talking about us. He is talking about himself and the other apostles. Because of their leadership role they were held out for special attention. In that sense, then, we are not all the same. The leaders have to stick their necks out and they have a somewhat harder time of it. Paul says it seems that God had put them last. But, as Jesus would say, the last shall be first (Mark 9:35;Rev 21:14). Thank God for the apostles who went on ahead and laid the foundation for us, giving us the Scriptures. And yet, it is Jesus who will be first. He was the first apostle (“As the father has sent me, so send I you”) and he was rejected. He was made a spectacle. They hung him on a cross and laughed at him. But he has become the cornerstone and the true foundation. He suffered the most. So now, to him be all the glory. |
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