1 Corinthians 4:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?

Who

Titus 3:3

And what

Why

Acts 12:22

General references

Bible References

Who

Now there are different gifts, but the same Spirit.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been in vain. In fact, I worked harder than all of them -- yet not I, but the grace of God with me.

So then, it does not depend on human desire or exertion, but on God who shows mercy.

that by revelation the divine secret was made known to me, as I wrote before briefly.

And so all of them who have not believed the truth but have delighted in evil will be condemned.

I am grateful to the one who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he considered me faithful in putting me into ministry,

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.

And what

What is Apollos, really? Or what is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, and each of us in the ministry the Lord gave us.

I wish that everyone was as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one this way, another that.

O Lord, you are great, mighty, majestic, magnificent, glorious, and sovereign over all the sky and earth! You have dominion and exalt yourself as the ruler of all.

That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, "Tell me what I should give you."

For the Lord gives wisdom, and from his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

"For it is like a man going on a journey, who summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them.

And he summoned ten of his slaves, gave them ten minas, and said to them, 'Do business with these until I come back.'

For we have all received from his fullness one gracious gift after another.

John replied, "No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven.

Through him we have received grace and our apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles on behalf of his name.

And we have different gifts according to the grace given to us. If the gift is prophecy, that individual must use it in proportion to his faith.

All generous giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change.

Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of the varied grace of God.

Why

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

Many were bringing presents to the Lord in Jerusalem and precious gifts to King Hezekiah of Judah. From that time on he was respected by all the nations.

"Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'Your heart is proud and you said, "I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods, in the heart of the seas" -- yet you are a man and not a god, though you think you are godlike.

Tell them, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'Look, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster lying in the midst of its waterways, who has said, "My Nile is my own, I made it for myself."

The king uttered these words: "Is this not the great Babylon that I have built for a royal residence by my own mighty strength and for my majestic honor?"

As for you, O king, the most high God bestowed on your father Nebuchadnezzar a kingdom, greatness, honor, and majesty.

But the crowd began to shout, "The voice of a god, and not of a man!"

General references

Or who has first given to God, that God needs to repay him?

so that no one can boast in his presence.

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.

I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you,

But as it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.