1 Corinthians 4:7 (WEB)
For who makes you different? And what do you have that you didn’t receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?
Catechism · 1
“It means living in thanksgiving: if God is the only One, everything we are and have comes from him: "What have you that you did not receive?"” — Catechism footnote: I Cor 4:7.
Fathers and councils · 35
Jerome
“And “A man’s way is not in himself”; and “No one can receive anything, unless it be given him from above”; and elsewhere, “What hast thou which thou didst not receive?” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 7.
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Catena Aurea on John
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
“(1 Cor. 4:7.)” — the author cites it
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X III.16Conference III
“But if thou didst receive it, why boastest thou as if thou hadst not received it?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 7.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…that whatsoever truth I had there read was declared here with the recommendation of Thy grace; that he who sees may not so glory as if he had not received not only that which he sees, but also that he can see (for what hath he which he hath not received?); and that he may not only be admonished to see Thee, who…” — editor's note: l Cor. iv. 7.
Read the whole comment“But what have we that we have not received of Thee?” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 7.
Read the whole comment“Now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 7.
Read the whole comment“For because of this it is said, “What hast thou that thou didst not receive?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 7.
Read the whole comment“But if thou hast received, why dost thou glory as if thou hast not received, as if of thyself thou hast?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 7.
Read the whole comment“…the wisdom of God, in the faith of the Truth, save that which from Him thou hast received, of whom is said, “For what hast thou which thou hast not received?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 7.
Read the whole comment“But if also thou hast received, why dost thou glory as if thou hast not received.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 7.
Read the whole comment“Because therefore thou canst do no good, unless lightened by the light of God, and warmed by the spirit of God; when thou shalt see thyself working well, confess unto God, and say what the Apostle saith; say unto thyself, that thou be not puffed up, “For what hast thou that thou didst not receive?”…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 7.
Read the whole comment“Unto these the Apostle speaketh: “What hast thou, that thou didst not receive?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 7.
Read the whole comment“But “what hast thou that thou hast not received?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 7.
Read the whole comment““What,” therefore, “hast thou, which thou hast not received?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 7
Read the whole comment“But, if thou hast received, why boastest thou, as if thou hadst not received?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 7
Read the whole comment““For what hast thou,” he says, “which thou didst not receive?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 7
Read the whole comment“Now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 7
Read the whole comment““For what hast thou which thou hast not received?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 7.
Read the whole comment“This it is which the blessed Apostle also says when he rebukes the proud, and those who boast as it were of their own deserts, “For who maketh thee to differ?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 7.
Read the whole comment“Boast thyself and say, I have it; but from Him, “for what hast thou that thou hast not received?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 7.
Read the whole comment““For what hast thou which thou hast not received?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 7.
Read the whole comment“But if thou hast received it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 7.
Read the whole comment“Then let man understand that he has received; and when he would call that his own which is not his, let him decrease: for it is good for him that God be glorified in him.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 7.
Read the whole comment“And if it is something great, rejoice that thou hast believed, yet be not lifted up; for “What hast thou that thou didst not receive?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 7.
Read the whole comment“Accordingly, when men wished to give counsel to God, disciples to their Master, servants to their Lord, patients to their Physician, He reproved them by saying, “Are there not twelve hours in the day?” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 7.
Read the whole comment“And this it is that is unknown to the servant, who knoweth not what his Lord doeth; and who, when he doeth any good thing, is lifted up as if he did it himself, and not his Lord; and so, glories not in the Lord, but in himself, thereby deceiving himself, because glorying, as if he had not received.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 7.
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John Chrysostom
“But if thou hast received it, why dost thou glory, as though thou hadst not received it?” ( 1 Cor. iv. 7.)” — the author cites it
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Tertullian
“Why gloriest thou as if thou have not received?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 7, with some words omitted.
Read the whole comment“If your self-devotion is a grace of God, and you have received it, “why do you boast,” saith he, “as if you have not received it?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 7.
Read the whole comment“And if it is by God that the virtue of continence is conferred, “why gloriest thou, as if thou have not received?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 7.
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Leo the Great
“Therefore, dearly-beloved, by this unspeakable restoration of our health no place is left us for pride or for idleness: because we have nothing which we did not receive, and we are expressly warned not to treat the gifts of God’s grace with negligence.” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Cor. iv. 7, and 1 Tim. iv. 14.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“But if thou hast received it, why boastest thou, as if thou hadst not received it?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 7.
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Cross-references · 27
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 27.
Cited together in The Institutes XII.10 and 1 other place.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity V.14.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.5.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.5.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.5.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.5.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.5.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity V.14.
Cited together in Catechism §224.
Cited together in Conferences I–X III.16.
Cited together in On the Veiling of Virgins Chapter 13.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 27.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.5.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 6:60–71 (10) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 6:60–71 (10) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 6:60–71 (10) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 6:60–71 (10) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 6:60–71 (10) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 6:60–71 (10) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 6:60–71 (10) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 6:60–71 (10) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 6:60–71 (10) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity V.14.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 27.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 27.
Cited together in On the Good of Widowhood Chapter 20 and 1 other place.