1 Corinthians 4:6

The Apostles' Humility

⁵ So then, do not judge anything before the time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the motives of hearts. Then each will receive recognition from God. ⁶ I have applied these things to myself and Apollos because of you, brothers and sisters, so that through us you may learn "not to go beyond what is written," so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of the one against the other. ⁷ For who concedes you any superiority? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as though you did not?

In that Day

Lifted Up

Old Testament

Pay Attention

What Is Written

Apollos

No

1 Corinthians 1:12

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."

1 Corinthians 13:4

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

1 Corinthians 4:18-19

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

1 Corinthians 5:2

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

1 Corinthians 8:1

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

Numbers 11:28-29

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

Job 11:11-12

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

Psalm 8:4

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

Psalm 146:3

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

Isaiah 2:22

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

Jeremiah 17:5-6

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.

Matthew 23:8-10

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

John 3:26-27

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!"

Romans 12:3

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.

1 Corinthians 1:19

For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will thwart the cleverness of the intelligent."

1 Corinthians 1:31

so that, as it is written, "Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord."

1 Corinthians 3:4-7

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

1 Corinthians 3:19

For the wisdom of this age is foolishness with God. As it is written, "He catches the wise in their craftiness."

1 Corinthians 3:21

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

1 Corinthians 5:6

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

1 Corinthians 9:23

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

2 Corinthians 4:15

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.

2 Corinthians 10:7

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.

2 Corinthians 10:12

For we would not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who recommend themselves. But when they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are without understanding.

2 Corinthians 10:15

Nor do we boast beyond certain limits in the work done by others, but we hope that as your faith continues to grow, our work may be greatly expanded among you according to our limits,

2 Corinthians 11:4

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!

2 Corinthians 11:12-15

And what I am doing I will continue to do, so that I may eliminate any opportunity for those who want a chance to be regarded as our equals in the things they boast about.

2 Corinthians 12:6

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,

2 Corinthians 12:19

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.

Colossians 2:18

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.

1 Thessalonians 1:5

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).

2 Timothy 2:10

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.