1 Corinthians 4:7-9

New King James Version

⁷For who ^[a]makes you differ from another? And ^(A)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?

⁸You are already full! ^(B)You are already rich! You have reigned as kings without us—and indeed I could wish you did reign, that we also might reign with you! ⁹For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last, as men condemned to death; for we have been made a ^(C)spectacle ^[b]to the world, both to angels and to men.

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Footnotes

1 Corinthians 4:7 distinguishes you
1 Corinthians 4:9 Lit. theater

1 Corinthians 4:7-9

New International Version

⁷For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive?^(A) And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?

⁸Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich!^(B) You have begun to reign—and that without us! How I wish that you really had begun to reign so that we also might reign with you! ⁹For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of the procession, like those condemned to die^(C) in the arena. We have been made a spectacle^(D) to the whole universe, to angels as well as to human beings.

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1 Corinthians 4:7-9

English Standard Version

⁷For who sees anything different in you? ^(A)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?

⁸Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! Without us you have become kings! And would that you did reign, so that we might share the rule with you! ⁹For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, ^(B)like men sentenced to death, because we ^(C)have become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men.

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