1 Corinthians 4:7

For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?

Cross References (29)

  • John 3:27 (37)

    John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

  • 1 Peter 4:10 (27)

    As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another

  • James 1:17 (27)

    Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no cha

  • 1 Chronicles 29:11–16 (22)

    Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven a

  • Romans 12:6 (19)

    We have different gifts according to the grace given us. If one’s gift is prophecy, let him use it in proportion to his

  • John 1:16 (18)

    From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.

  • Proverbs 2:6 (17)

    For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

  • Luke 19:13 (10)

    Beforehand, he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. ‘Conduct business with this until I return,’ he said.

  • 1 Timothy 1:12–15 (9)

    I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, that He considered me faithful and appointed me to service.

  • Romans 9:16–18 (8)

    So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:10 (8)

    But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet no

  • 2 Chronicles 32:23–29 (8)

    Many brought offerings to Jerusalem for the LORD and valuable gifts for Hezekiah king of Judah, and from then on he was

  • Ezekiel 28:2–5 (8)

    “Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a

  • 1 Corinthians 7:7 (7)

    I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.

  • 2 Thessalonians 2:12–14 (7)

    in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.

  • Titus 3:3–7 (7)

    For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in m

  • Daniel 5:18 (6)

    As for you, O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness, glory and honor.

  • Ezekiel 29:3 (6)

    Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O grea

  • Romans 12:3 (6)

    For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of y

  • Romans 1:5 (6)

    Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obe

  • Daniel 4:30–32 (6)

    the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my po

  • 1 Corinthians 12:4–11 (6)

    There are different gifts, but the same Spirit.

  • Daniel 5:23 (6)

    Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as yo

  • Ephesians 3:3–5 (5)

    that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly.

  • 1 Corinthians 3:5 (5)

    What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each hi

  • Acts 12:22–23 (5)

    And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!”

  • 2 Chronicles 1:7–12 (4)

    That night God appeared to Solomon and said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”

  • 1 Corinthians 5:6 (4)

    Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?

  • Matthew 25:14–15 (4)

    For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions.