1 Corinthians 4
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The verses these writers stop at
- 4:7 Who, after all, sets you above anyone else? What do you have that was not given to you? And if it was given to you, why do you take pride in it as though it were not a gift? 16
- 4:2 Now what is looked for in household managers is this: that each one proves trustworthy. 10
- 4:15 Though you may have countless guides to bring you up in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For it was I who fathered you in Christ Jesus, through the gospel. 7
- 4:1 So people should think of us in this way: as assistants of Christ and as household managers put in charge of the mysteries of God. 5
- 4:5 So do not pass sentence on anything ahead of time, before the Lord comes. He will shine light on what darkness now hides and bring the purposes of all hearts out into the open. Then each one will have from God whatever praise is due. 5
- 4:20 For the kingdom of God shows itself in power, not in words. 5
- 4:4 I know of nothing I have done wrong, yet that is not what acquits me. The one who examines my case is the Lord. 4
- 4:10 We are fools because of Christ, but you are so wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are held in honor, but we are despised. 3
- 4:3 For my part, it counts for very little if you put me on trial, or if any human court does. I do not even put myself on trial. 1
- 4:9 As I see it, God has brought us apostles out last of all, like condemned prisoners led in to die. We have become a show for the world to watch, angels and human beings alike. 1
- 4:11 Even now, at this very hour, we are hungry and thirsty, dressed in rags, beaten, with no place to call home. 1
- 4:16 So I urge you: take me as your example. 1
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Where it is preached
- The Key Teachings of G. K. Chesterton ·
Humility in the Right Place cites 1 CORINTHIANS 4:7
…now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it? 1 CORINTHIANS 4:7 The wrong kind and the right kind As we have seen, Chesterton believed that his age had…
- Lectures to My Students ·
The Call to the Ministry cites 1 Cor. iv. 1
…1 Cor. i. 1), as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.” 1 Cor. iv. 1. Surely a steward must hold his office from the Master. He cannot be a steward merely…
- The Bruised Reed ·
Tenderness required in ministers toward young beginners cites 1 Cor. iv. 1
…was one of the inlets of popery; let a man account of us as of the ministers of Christ, 1 Cor. iv. 1, neither more nor less, just so much. How careful was St. Paul in cases of conscience not…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 3 — Of the Teachers and Ministers of the Church cites I Cor. 4:1
…so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God” (I Cor. 4:1). Again, in another passage, he describes a bishop as one “holding fast the faithful word…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 5 — The Ancient Form of Government Utterly Corrupted by the Tyranny of the Papacy cites 1 Cor. 4:1
…say, that if it is the office of a presbyter (and this both the word of God prescribes (1 Cor. 4:1) and the ancient canons enjoin) to feed the Church, and administer the spiritual kingdom…
- Faithful With Little ·
It All Belongs to God cites 1 Corinthians 4:2
…“Now what is looked for in household managers is this: that each one proves trustworthy” (1 Corinthians 4:2). Peter says the same about every gift God gives: “Each of you has received a gift; use…
- The Key Teachings of Corrie ten Boom ·
Faithful in That Which Is Least cites 1 CORINTHIANS 4:2
…in little for decades. Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. 1 CORINTHIANS 4:2 That is a word for anyone who thinks their real life has not yet started. The quiet years…
- Rise Up, Men of God ·
Vision and Stewardship cites 1 Corinthians 4:2
…on loan. "Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful" (1 Corinthians 4:2). The parable of the talents (Matthew 25:14–30) is clear: the Master will return and ask…
- Portraits of Courage – Amy Carmichael ·
Appendix a: Lessons from the Life of Amy Carmichael cites 1 Corinthians 4:2
…successful. “Here, moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful” (1 Corinthians 4:2, ASV). 10. Tell the Truth Things as They Are told readers at home what they did not want…
- Growing in Wisdom ·
Managing Money, Time, and Talents cites 1 Corinthians 4:2
"Moreover, it is required in stewards that one be found faithful." — 1 Corinthians 4:2 God's View of Stewardship A steward is someone who manages what belongs to someone else.…
- Sons of the King – 30 Days with God for Guys – Book 2 ·
Introduction: Faithful cites 1 Corinthians 4:2
…and you stick with Jesus. “Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.” — 1 Corinthians 4:2 (BSB) A steward is someone who’s been trusted to take care of something that belongs to…
- The Key Teachings of Charles G. Finney ·
He That Winneth Souls Is Wise cites 1 CORINTHIANS 4:2
…wood, hay and stubble. Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. 1 CORINTHIANS 4:2 Finney added his own exceptions, and they are telling. A measure may produce excitement…
- The Key Teachings of John Wesley ·
The Use of Money cites 1 CORINTHIANS 4:2
…is given to God. Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. 1 CORINTHIANS 4:2 He goes further than the tithe. Render unto God, he says, not a tenth, not a third, not…
- Amy Carmichael (For Teens) ·
Faithful, Not Successful cites 1 Corinthians 4:2
“Here, moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.” — 1 Corinthians 4:2 (ASV) Bangalore, high on a plateau in south India, was a comfortable place for Europeans…
- The Bruised Reed ·
Victory not to be had without fighting cites 1 Cor. iv. 3
…but truth will be too good for them; man hath a day now, which St. Paul calls man’s day, 1 Cor. iv. 3, wherein he getteth upon his bench, and usurpeth a judgment over Christ and his ways; but…
- The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit ·
The Holy Spirit Setting the Believer Free from the Power of Indwelling Sin cites 1 Corinthians 4:4
…while we might not know anything against ourselves, God might know something against us (1 Corinthians 4:4), and He would bring it to light and our failure could be confessed and put away. “No,”…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 12 — Necessity of Contemplating the Judgment-seat of God, in Order to Be Seriously Convinced of the Doctrine of Gratuitous Justification cites 1 Cor. 4:4
…just idea, when he declared, “I know nothing by myself, yet am I not hereby justified,” (1 Cor. 4:4). 3. Such examples exist not in the sacred volume only; all pious writers show that their…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Christ's Humiliation in His Incarnation cites I Cor 4:4
…of thy own growth; it is borrowed. Were it not folly to be proud of a ring that is lent? I Cor 4:4. Thou hast more sin than grace, more spots than beauty. Oh look on Christ, this rare…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 17 — The Promises of the Law and the Gospel Reconciled cites 1 Cor. 4:4
…we see how he elsewhere says, “I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified,” (1 Cor. 4:4); in other words, he was aware that the divine judgment far transcended the blind…
- The Key Teachings of George Whitefield ·
The Danger of an Unconverted Ministry cites 1 CORINTHIANS 4:5
…light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts. 1 CORINTHIANS 4:5 FOR REFLECTION AND ACTION 1. If you teach or lead in any way, ask yourself Whitefield’s…
- The Key Teachings of Jonathan Edwards ·
Distinguishing Marks cites 1 CORINTHIANS 4:5
…light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts. 1 CORINTHIANS 4:5 His reasoning was consistent with everything else he taught. If the heart is deceitful…
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
XII. Nothing can be certainly concluded concerning the nature of religious affections, that any are the subjects of, from this, that the outward manifestations of them, and the relation persons give of them, are very affecting and pleasing to the truly godly, and such as greatly gain their charity, cites 1 Cor. 4:5
…voice in this matter, is confirmed by the same apostle's use of the phrase, in 1 Cor. 4:5: “Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to…
- Selected Sermons of Jonathan Edwards ·
A Farewell Sermon cites 1 Cor. iv. 5
…of every heart shall be made manifest, and every man’s state shall be perfectly known: 1 Cor. iv. 5, “Therefore, judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Knowledge of God cites 1 Cor 4:5
…the zeal and devotion of his people, and he himself will be the herald of their praises. 1 Cor 4:5. ‘Then shall every man have praise of God.’ The infiniteness of God’s knowledge is a…
- The Bondage of the Will ·
Discussion: Part the First cites 1 Cor. iv. 7
…feet are not called our own! Nay, “What have we that we did not receive,” saith Paul. (1 Cor. iv. 7.) Shall we then say, that those things are either not ours, or else we made them…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 2, Chapter 5 — The Arguments Usually Alleged in Support of Free Will Refuted cites 1 Cor. 4:7
…“If thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it?” (1 Cor. 4:7). You see how every thing is denied to free will, for the very purpose of leaving no room…
- The Key Teachings of John Wesley ·
Free Grace cites 1 CORINTHIANS 4:7
…now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it? 1 CORINTHIANS 4:7 On this point Wesley and Whitefield were entirely agreed. Both preached salvation by…
- Samuel Ajayi Crowther (For Teens) ·
Who Makes You Different? cites 1 Corinthians 4:7
…but if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it?” — 1 Corinthians 4:7 (ASV) In 1842 Crowther sailed to England with a handwritten Yoruba grammar and vocabulary…
- The Key Teachings of Andrew Murray ·
The Glory of the Creature cites 1 CORINTHIANS 4:7
…now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it? 1 CORINTHIANS 4:7 The root of every sin If dependence is the creature’s glory, then the root of all sin is…
- The Key Teachings of Charles H. Spurgeon ·
Free Grace cites 1 CORINTHIANS 4:7
…who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? 1 CORINTHIANS 4:7 The rock that does not move For Spurgeon, sovereign grace was also the ground of the…
- The Key Teachings of Augustine of Hippo ·
Give What Thou Enjoinest cites 1 CORINTHIANS 4:7
…now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it? 1 CORINTHIANS 4:7 Honest questions Augustine’s teaching on grace is among his greatest gifts to the church…
- The Key Teachings of Jeanne Guyon ·
The All and the Nothing cites 1 CORINTHIANS 4:7
…now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it? 1 CORINTHIANS 4:7 The root of sin, as she sees it, is the refusal of that truth: the creature’s claim to be…
- The Key Teachings of John Calvin ·
The Dreadful Decree cites 1 CORINTHIANS 4:7
…who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? 1 CORINTHIANS 4:7 Second, assurance. Calvin believed that the believer can rest in God’s choice, because it…
- The Key Teachings of Jonathan Edwards ·
Absolute Dependence cites 1 CORINTHIANS 4:7
…now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it? 1 CORINTHIANS 4:7 The redeemed have all their good through God. He is not only the source but the means.…
- Portraits of Courage – Samuel Ajayi Crowther ·
“Who Maketh Thee to Differ?” cites 1 Corinthians 4:7
…but if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it?” — 1 Corinthians 4:7, ASV Islington Crowther arrived in England in September 1842, bringing with him a…
- Portraits of Courage – Samuel Ajayi Crowther ·
Appendix A: Lessons from the Life of Samuel Ajayi Crowther cites 1 Corinthians 4:7
…on himself: “who maketh thee to differ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive?” (1 Corinthians 4:7, ASV). Humility is simply the truth about where our gifts come from. 5. People Need the…
- Portraits of Courage – Samuel Ajayi Crowther ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites 1 Corinthians 4:7
…Africans could do, and he answered praise by pointing to grace. Scriptures to revisit 1 Corinthians 4:7; Luke 14:22. Reflection 1. How do you respond to praise? 2. What did the Shango drummer’s…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 7 — A Summary of the Christian Life cites 1 Cor. 4:7
…now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?” (1 Cor. 4:7). Then by a diligent examination of our faults let us keep ourselves humble. Thus while…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 24 — Election Confirmed by the Calling of God cites 1 Cor. 4:7
…be entangled until we call in the aid of Paul’s question, “Who maketh thee to differ?” (1 Cor. 4:7), intimating that some excel others, not by their own virtue, but by the mere favour of…
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The Sixth Stage cites 1 Cor. 4:9
…people, therefore, of the fair made a great gazing upon them: some said they were fools; 1 Cor. 4:9,10; some, they were bedlams; and some, they were outlandish men. Secondly, And as they…
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