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? Macmillan's Magazine - Page 3991859Full view - About this book
| Charles Journet - Religion - 1996 - 148 pages
...him (Phil i: 29); and again: What hast thou that thou hast not received? And if thou hast received it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it? (i Cor 4: 7). When we reflect on St. Paul's teaching, there often comes to mind a Gospel text that... | |
| Buford Norman - French literature - 1998 - 238 pages
...saying: 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 ii? (4.7, original emphasis) Likewise, the Book of Romans asserts that "there is no difference between... | |
| Michael J. Sandel - Law - 1998 - 254 pages
...Corinthians iv. 7 1 : 'For who maketh thee to excel? And what hast thou that thou hast not received? But if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it?' moral indifference, people's entitlements must depend on considerations other than notions of possession... | |
| Saint Augustine (of Hippo) - History - 1998 - 1284 pages
...understands and knows God Himself. 'What hast thou', says the apostle, 'that thou didst not receive? world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in it?v" That is, why do you glory as if anything of yours were due to you? Now the man who lives rightly... | |
| Douglas Wilson - Religion - 2001 - 290 pages
...again — "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?" (1 Cor. 4:7). Paul teaches this in the context of his rebuke to those who glory in human teachers —... | |
| John Gill - Religion - 2001 - 358 pages
...XV. For who maltet h íhee to differ from another ? And what hast thon, that thou didst not receive ? Now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not rcceioed it?—\ Cor. iv. 7. NOT man's free will, care, industry, and diligence, but efficacious grace... | |
| David K. Lee - Religion - 2002 - 242 pages
...answer: "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?" (1 Cor. 4:7). Another problem pride can cause is that it opposes the best principle of wisdom, which... | |
| Harold A. Lerch, Sr., Harold Lerch - Religion - 2002 - 298 pages
...another 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?. (1 Corinthians 4:6-7). THE CHURCH WHAT CHURCH? Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing... | |
| Alonzo T. Jones - Religion - 2002 - 220 pages
...another. 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?" 1 Cor. 4:6. 7. When it is true of every man that he has nothing, absolutely nothing, even to his existence,... | |
| Sergej Nikolaevič Bulgakov, Sergius Bulgakov - Religion - 2002 - 558 pages
...acts bears witness to the Creator and the giver of life. "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?" (1 Cor. 4:7). Atheism and anthropotheism, the former in stupidity and blindness, the latter in the... | |
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