1 Corinthians 4:6

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Summary

And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.

These

For

2 Timothy 2:10

That ye

Be puffed

General references

1 Corinthians 3:4

1 Corinthians 4:18

1 Corinthians 10:12

Bible References

These

Now I mean this, that each of you is saying, "I am with Paul," or "I am with Apollos," or "I am with Cephas," or "I am with Christ."

For whenever someone says, "I am with Paul," or "I am with Apollos," are you not merely human?

You are looking at outward appearances. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should reflect on this again: Just as he himself belongs to Christ, so too do we.

For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus different from the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the one you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it well enough!

For

I do all these things because of the gospel, so that I can be a participant in it.

For all these things are for your sake, so that the grace that is including more and more people may cause thanksgiving to increase to the glory of God.

Have you been thinking all this time that we have been defending ourselves to you? We are speaking in Christ before God, and everything we do, dear friends, is to build you up.

in that our gospel did not come to you merely in words, but in power and in the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction (surely you recall the character we displayed when we came among you to help you).

So I endure all things for the sake of those chosen by God, that they too may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus and its eternal glory.

That ye

For he knows deceitful men; when he sees evil, will he not consider it?

Of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should pay attention to them,

Do not trust in princes, or in human beings, who cannot deliver!

Stop trusting in human beings, whose life's breath is in their nostrils. For why should they be given special consideration?

The Lord says, "I will put a curse on people who trust in mere human beings, who depend on mere flesh and blood for their strength, and whose hearts have turned away from the Lord.

But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have one Teacher and you are all brothers.

For by the grace given to me I say to every one of you not to think more highly of yourself than you ought to think, but to think with sober discernment, as God has distributed to each of you a measure of faith.

For even if I wish to boast, I will not be a fool, for I would be telling the truth, but I refrain from this so that no one may regard me beyond what he sees in me or what he hears from me,

Be puffed

Some have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.

So then, no more boasting about mere mortals! For everything belongs to you,

And you are proud! Shouldn't you have been deeply sorrowful instead and removed the one who did this from among you?

With regard to food sacrificed to idols, we know that "we all have knowledge." Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

Love is patient, love is kind, it is not envious. Love does not brag, it is not puffed up.

Joshua son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his choice young men, said, "My lord Moses, stop them!"

So they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, the one who was with you on the other side of the Jordan River, about whom you testified -- see, he is baptizing, and everyone is flocking to him!"

Let no one who delights in humility and the worship of angels pass judgment on you. That person goes on at great lengths about what he has supposedly seen, but he is puffed up with empty notions by his fleshly mind.

General references

For whenever someone says, "I am with Paul," or "I am with Apollos," are you not merely human?

Some have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.

So let the one who thinks he is standing be careful that he does not fall.