1 Corinthians 4:6 (WEB)
Now these things, brothers, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us you might learn not to think beyond the things which are written, that none of you be puffed up against one another.
Fathers and councils · 5
Athanasius of Alexandria
- Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians III.3Discourse III
“And that ‘in Us’ has this signification, we may learn from Paul, who says, ‘These things I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos, that ye may learn in us not to be puffed up above that is written.’” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 6.
Read the whole comment “Nor was it I that stayed them and destroyed their power, but it was the Lord, who said, “I beheld Satan as lightning fall from Heaven;” but I, children, mindful of the Apostle’s words, transferred this to myself, that you might learn not to faint in discipline, nor to fear the devil nor the delusions of the demons.’” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 6.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Let us not, then, “be puffed up for one against the other,” above that which is written; let us love the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our mind, and our neighbour as ourself.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 6.
Read the whole comment“For “transferring us in a figure” to what He was saying, and to His own Body (for we are also “His Body,” and He is our “Head”), He uttered from the Cross not His own cry, but ours.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 6.
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Basil the Great
“…by Way that advance to perfection which is made stage by stage, and in regular order, through the works of righteousness and “the illumination of knowledge;” ever longing after what is before, and reaching forth unto those things which remain, until we shall have reached the blessed end, the knowledge of God, which…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 6, R.V. marg.
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Cross-references · 5
Parallel passages
1 Corinthians 4:6 and 2 Corinthians 4:18 share the same wording (16 words).
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Cited together in Confessions XII.25.
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Cited together in Confessions XII.25.
Cited together in Confessions XII.25.
