1 Corinthians 4:7

1 Corinthians 4:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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?
• New International Version (NIV)For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?
• English Standard Version (ESV)For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?
• New King James Version (NKJV)For who makes you differ from another? And what do you have that you did not receive? Now if you did indeed receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

Context of 1 Corinthians 4:7

5Therefore do not judge anything before the time—wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the things hidden in darkness and also make clear the motives of the hearts. Then the praise for each one will come from God. 6Now I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers and sisters, so you might learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then none of you will be puffed up in favor of one against the other. For who makes you different? And what do you have that you did not receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it? 8Already you are full! Already you have become rich! Without us you have become kings! Indeed, I wish you were kings, so we also might be kings with you! 9For it seems to me that God has put us, the emissaries, on display last of all—like men sentenced to death. For we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to people.

1 Corinthians 4:7 word by word

τίς γάρ σε διακρίνει; τί δὲ ἔχεις ὃ οὐκ ἔλαβες; εἰ δὲ καὶ ἔλαβες, τί καυχᾶσαι ὡς μὴ λαβών;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• whoτίςtis · which?G5101
• makethδιακρίνωdiakrinō · to judge/doubtG1252
• theeσύsu · youG4771
• andδέde · thenG1161
• hast thouἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• thatὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• thou didstλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983
• notοὐou · noG3756
• ifεἰei · ifG1487
• ·καίkai · andG2532
• dost thou gloryκαυχάομαιkauchaomai · to boastG2744
• as ifὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• notμήmē · notG3361

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 4:7

• 1 Corinthians 12:4Now there are various kinds of gifts, but the same Ruach.
• 1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace toward me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than them all—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
• Romans 9:16So then it does not depend on the one who wills or the one who strives, but on God who shows mercy.
• Ephesians 3:3that the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I wrote before briefly.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:12so that they may be judged—all those who did not believe the truth but delighted in wickedness.
• 1 Timothy 1:12I thank Messiah Yeshua our Lord, who has strengthened me, because He considered me faithful, appointing me to service—
• 1 Corinthians 3:5What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you came to trust—and to each as the Lord gave.
• 1 Corinthians 7:7Yet I wish that all men were like me. However, each man has his own gift from God, one in this way and another that.
• 1 Chronicles 29:11Yours, Adonai, is the greatness, the power and the splendor, and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything in heaven and earth. Yours is the kingdom, Adonai and You are exalted above all.
• 2 Chronicles 1:7That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, “Ask! What should I give you?”
• Proverbs 2:6For Adonai gives wisdom. Out of His mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
• Matthew 25:14“For it is like a man about to go on a journey. He called his own servants and handed over his possessions to them.
• Luke 19:13And calling ten of his own slaves, he gave them ten minas and said to them, ‘Do business until I come back.’
• John 1:16Out of His fullness, we have all received grace on top of grace.
• John 3:27John answered, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven.
• Romans 1:5Through Him we have received grace and the office of emissary, to bring about obedience of faith among all the nations on behalf of His name.

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 4:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7For who maketh thee to differ - It is likely that the apostle is here addressing himself to some one of those puffed up teachers, who was glorying in his gifts, and in the knowledge he had of the Gospel, etc. As if he had said: If thou hast all that knowledge which thou professest to have, didst thou not receive it from myself or some other of my fellow helpers who first preached the Gospel at Corinth? God never spoke to thee to make thee an apostle. Hast…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7For who maketh … - This verse contains a reason for what Paul had just said; and the reason is, that all that any of them possessed had been derived from God, and no endowments whatever, which they had, could be laid as the foundation for self-congratulation and boasting. The apostle here doubtless has in his eye the teachers in the church of Corinth, and intends to show them that there was no occasion of pride or to assume pre-eminence. As all that they…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-13Verses 7-13 We have no reason to be proud; all we have, or are, or do, that is good, is owing to the free and rich grace of God. A sinner snatched from destruction by sovereign grace alone, must be very absurd and inconsistent, if proud of the free gifts of God. St. Paul sets forth his own circumstances, ver. 9 Allusion is made to the cruel spectacles in the Roman games; where men were forced to cut one another to pieces, to divert the people; and where…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7Pride in a leader comes from not realizing that everything is a gift from God. We should feel humble gratitude instead.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. Translate, "Who distinguisheth thee (above another)?" Not thyself, but God. glory, as if thou hadst not received it--as if it was to thyself, not to God, thou owest the receiving of it.Read the comment

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Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings