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1 Corinthians 4:7-9
New Catholic Bible
1 Corinthians 4:7-9
New Catholic Bible
7 Who made you so important? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you have received it, why do you boast as though you had not received it?
8 You already have everything! You have already become rich! You have become kings without our help! How I wish that you truly reigned so that we might reign with you![a]
9 It seems to me that God has designated us apostles as the last of all, like men sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men.
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- 1 Corinthians 4:8 Although the Corinthians are only beginners in faith, they act as if they have already reached the level of mature Christians. Paul shows how ludicrous this attitude is in the face of the hardships that the very preachers of the faith encounter and endure day after day.
