1Cor 4:7 Cross References

1 Corinthians 4:7

7: What makes you better than anyone else? What do you have that God hasn't given you? And if all you have is from God, why boast as though you have accomplished something on your own?

John 3:27

  1. John replied, "God in heaven appoints each person's work.

1 Peter 4:10

  1. God has given gifts to each of you from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Manage them well so that God's generosity can flow through you.

Romans 12:6

  1. God has given each of us the ability to do certain things well. So if God has given you the ability to prophesy, speak out when you have faith that God is speaking through you.

James 1:17

  1. Whatever is good and perfect comes to us from God above, who created all heaven's lights. Unlike them, he never changes or casts shifting shadows.

1 Chronicles 29:11

  1. Yours, O LORD, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty. Everything in the heavens and on earth is yours, O LORD, and this is your kingdom. We adore you as the one who is over all things.
  2. Riches and honor come from you alone, for you rule over everything. Power and might are in your hand, and it is at your discretion that people are made great and given strength.
  3. "O our God, we thank you and praise your glorious name!
  4. But who am I, and who are my people, that we could give anything to you? Everything we have has come from you, and we give you only what you have already given us!
  5. We are here for only a moment, visitors and strangers in the land as our ancestors were before us. Our days on earth are like a shadow, gone so soon without a trace.

Proverbs 2:6

  1. For the LORD grants wisdom! From his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

John 1:16

  1. We have all benefited from the rich blessings he brought to us--one gracious blessing after another.

1 Timothy 1:12

  1. How thankful I am to Christ Jesus our Lord for considering me trustworthy and appointing me to serve him,
  2. even though I used to scoff at the name of Christ. I hunted down his people, harming them in every way I could. But God had mercy on me because I did it in ignorance and unbelief.
  3. Oh, how kind and gracious the Lord was! He filled me completely with faith and the love of Christ Jesus.
  4. This is a true saying, and everyone should believe it: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners--and I was the worst of them all.

2 Thessalonians 2:12

  1. Then they will be condemned for not believing the truth and for enjoying the evil they do.
  2. As for us, we always thank God for you, dear brothers and sisters loved by the Lord. We are thankful that God chose you to be among the first to experience salvation, a salvation that came through the Spirit who makes you holy and by your belief in the truth.
  3. He called you to salvation when we told you the Good News; now you can share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Chronicles 32:23

  1. From then on King Hezekiah became highly respected among the surrounding nations, and many gifts for the LORD arrived at Jerusalem, with valuable presents for King Hezekiah, too.
  2. About that time, Hezekiah became deathly ill. He prayed to the LORD, who healed him and gave him a miraculous sign.
  3. But Hezekiah did not respond appropriately to the kindness shown him, and he became proud. So the LORD's anger came against him and against Judah and Jerusalem.
  4. Then Hezekiah repented of his pride, and the people of Jerusalem humbled themselves. So the LORD's anger did not come against them during Hezekiah's lifetime.
  5. Hezekiah was very wealthy and held in high esteem. He had to build special treasury buildings for his silver, gold, precious stones, and spices, and for his shields and other valuable items.

1 Corinthians 15:10

  1. But whatever I am now, it is all because God poured out his special favor on me--and not without results. For I have worked harder than all the other apostles, yet it was not I but God who was working through me by his grace.

Romans 1:5

  1. Through Christ, God has given us the privilege and authority to tell Gentiles everywhere what God has done for them, so that they will believe and obey him, bringing glory to his name.

Romans 9:16

  1. So receiving God's promise is not up to us. We can't get it by choosing it or working hard for it. God will show mercy to anyone he chooses.
  2. For the Scriptures say that God told Pharaoh, "I have appointed you for the very purpose of displaying my power in you, and so that my fame might spread throughout the earth."
  3. So you see, God shows mercy to some just because he wants to, and he chooses to make some people refuse to listen.

1 Corinthians 12:4

  1. Now there are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but it is the same Holy Spirit who is the source of them all.
  2. There are different kinds of service in the church, but it is the same Lord we are serving.
  3. There are different ways God works in our lives, but it is the same God who does the work through all of us.
  4. A spiritual gift is given to each of us as a means of helping the entire church.
  5. To one person the Spirit gives the ability to give wise advice; to another he gives the gift of special knowledge.

Luke 19:13

  1. Before he left, he called together ten servants and gave them ten pounds of silver to invest for him while he was gone.

Ezekiel 29:3

  1. Give them this message from the Sovereign LORD: I am your enemy, O Pharaoh, king of Egypt--you great monster, lurking in the streams of the Nile. For you have said, `The Nile River is mine; I made it for myself!'

Daniel 5:23

  1. For you have defied the Lord of heaven and have had these cups from his Temple brought before you. You and your nobles and your wives and concubines have been drinking wine from them while praising gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone--gods that neither see nor hear nor know anything at all. But you have not honored the God who gives you the breath of life and controls your destiny!

Daniel 5:18

  1. Your Majesty, the Most High God gave sovereignty, majesty, glory, and honor to your predecessor, Nebuchadnezzar.

Ezekiel 28:2

  1. "Son of man, give the prince of Tyre this message from the Sovereign LORD: In your great pride you claim, `I am a god! I sit on a divine throne in the heart of the sea.' But you are only a man and not a god, though you boast that you are like a god.
  2. You regard yourself as wiser than Daniel and think no secret is hidden from you.
  3. With your wisdom and understanding you have amassed great wealth--gold and silver for your treasuries.
  4. Yes, your wisdom has made you very rich, and your riches have made you very proud.

Ephesians 3:3

  1. As I briefly mentioned earlier in this letter, God himself revealed his secret plan to me.
  2. As you read what I have written, you will understand what I know about this plan regarding Christ.
  3. God did not reveal it to previous generations, but now he has revealed it by the Holy Spirit to his holy apostles and prophets.

Titus 3:3

  1. Once we, too, were foolish and disobedient. We were misled by others and became slaves to many wicked desires and evil pleasures. Our lives were full of evil and envy. We hated others, and they hated us.
  2. But then God our Savior showed us his kindness and love.
  3. He saved us, not because of the good things we did, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins and gave us a new life through the Holy Spirit.
  4. He generously poured out the Spirit upon us because of what Jesus Christ our Savior did.
  5. He declared us not guilty because of his great kindness. And now we know that we will inherit eternal life.

2 Chronicles 1:7

  1. That night God appeared to Solomon in a dream and said, "What do you want? Ask, and I will give it to you!"
  2. Solomon replied to God, "You have been so faithful and kind to my father, David, and now you have made me king in his place.
  3. Now, LORD God, please keep your promise to David my father, for you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth!
  4. Give me wisdom and knowledge to rule them properly, for who is able to govern this great nation of yours?"
  5. God said to Solomon, "Because your greatest desire is to help your people, and you did not ask for personal wealth and honor or the death of your enemies or even a long life, but rather you asked for wisdom and knowledge to properly govern my people,

Daniel 4:30

  1. As he looked out across the city, he said, `Just look at this great city of Babylon! I, by my own mighty power, have built this beautiful city as my royal residence and as an expression of my royal splendor.'
  2. "While he was still speaking these words, a voice called down from heaven, `O King Nebuchadnezzar, this message is for you! You are no longer ruler of this kingdom.
  3. You will be driven from human society. You will live in the fields with the wild animals, and you will eat grass like a cow. Seven periods of time will pass while you live this way, until you learn that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of the world and gives them to anyone he chooses.'

Matthew 25:14

  1. "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven can be illustrated by the story of a man going on a trip. He called together his servants and gave them money to invest for him while he was gone.
  2. He gave five bags of gold to one, two bags of gold to another, and one bag of gold to the last--dividing it in proportion to their abilities--and then left on his trip.

Romans 12:3

  1. As God's messenger, I give each of you this warning: Be honest in your estimate of yourselves, measuring your value by how much faith God has given you.

1 Corinthians 7:7

  1. I wish everyone could get along without marrying, just as I do. But we are not all the same. God gives some the gift of marriage, and to others he gives the gift of singleness.

Acts 12:22

  1. The people gave him a great ovation, shouting, "It is the voice of a god, not of a man!"
  2. Instantly, an angel of the Lord struck Herod with a sickness, because he accepted the people's worship instead of giving the glory to God. So he was consumed with worms and died.

1 Corinthians 3:5

  1. Who is Apollos, and who is Paul, that we should be the cause of such quarrels? Why, we're only servants. Through us God caused you to believe. Each of us did the work the Lord gave us.

1 Corinthians 5:6

  1. How terrible that you should boast about your spirituality, and yet you let this sort of thing go on. Don't you realize that if even one person is allowed to go on sinning, soon all will be affected?
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