1 Corinthians 4:7
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“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? ”
καυχάομαι
To boast, to glory, to exult. Kauchaomai. Let him who boasts boast in the Lord. The only legitimate boasting is about what God has done. Human achievement is a poor foundation.
διακρίνω
makes different?
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διακρίνω
To doubt, to waver, to dispute. Diakrino. Let him ask in faith without doubting. Doubt here is not intellectual question but divided allegiance between God and circumstances.
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ἔχω
have you
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ἔχω
To have, to hold, to possess. I have learned in whatever state I am to be content. Contentment is not about having more but appreciating what you have.
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τίς
What
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τίς
an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
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λαμβάνω
having received it?
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λαμβάνω
while G138 (αἱρέομαι) is more violent, to seize or remove))
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εἰ
If
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εἰ
if, whether, that, etc.
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