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Or what hast thou that thou hast not received ? And if thou hast received, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it ? </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>You are now full; you are now become rich; you reign without us; and I would to God you did reign, that we also might reign with you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For I think that God hath set forth us apostles, the last, as it were men appointed to death: we are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are honourable, but we without honour. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Even unto this hour we both hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no fixed abode; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And we labour, working with our own hands: we are reviled, and we bless; we are persecuted, and we suffer it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>We are blasphemed, and we entreat; we are made as the refuse of this world, the offscouring of all even until now. </p> <p class="hdg">Paul Warns his Spiritual Children</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I write not these things to confound you; but I admonish you as my dearest children. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>For if you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, by the gospel, I have begotten you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me, as I also am of Christ. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For this cause have I sent to you Timothy, who is my dearest son and faithful in the Lord; who will put you in mind of my ways, which are in Christ Jesus; as I teach every where in every church. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>As if I would not come to you, so some are puffed up. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will: and will know, not the speech of them that are puffed up, but the power. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For the kingdom of God is not in speech, but in power. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>What will you ? shall I come to you with a rod; or in charity, and in the spirit of meekness ? </p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Douay-Rheims Bible<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_corinthians/3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Corinthians 3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Corinthians 3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_corinthians/5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Corinthians 5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Corinthians 5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/1_corinthians/4-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>