 | Charles Rollin - 1804 - 520 pages
...grow haughty upon borrowed qualifications. St. Paul says the same thing more expressly. \cf\ IVhat hast thou that thou didst not receive ? Now, if thou didst receive it, why didst thou glory asif thou hadst not received it? If all comes from the gods, we must expect every... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - 1805 - 398 pages
...chosen to describe his own situation by way of contrast with theirs. " Now," says he, (1 Cor. 4, 8,) ye are " rich. Ye have reigned as kings without us, " and I would to God that ye did reign, that we "also " also might reign with you." And he immediately adds the following... | |
 | Thomas Scott - 1805 - 566 pages
...his brethren. The apostle pointed out this symptom of the disease to the Corinthians, when he said, " Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned " as kings without us. — We are fools for Christ's " sake, but ye are wise in Christ ; we are weak, " but ye are strong... | |
 | John Anderson - 1806 - 340 pages
...luisdom, and righteousness, and sanctijtcation and rer demption. iv. 7. For who maketh thee to differ from another ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive...thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thonhadst not received it ? The systems of error now mentioned are very comprehensive : and to them... | |
 | Ely Bates - 1807 - 426 pages
...capacities, is from God ; so that here the interrogation of the apostle is eminently applicable ; What hast thou that thou didst not receive ? now, if thou...dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it. Another consideration to show the absurdity of the temper here spoken of, and which was urged by our... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 pages
...glory in his presence. iii. 21. Let no man glory in men. Ch. v. 2, 6. iv. 7. Who maketh thee to difier, and what hast thou, that thou didst not receive, now if thou didst receive it, why didst thou glory as if thou hadst not received it ? 2 Cor. v. 12. Some glory in appearancc. xi. 18.... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 582 pages
...than another, or of more worthiness in himself than another. IV. ^ For who maketh thee to differ from another ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive ? now if thou didst receive it, Kt, For, O vain man, whosoever thou art, that vauntest of thine own excellencies or better parts, tell... | |
 | Joseph Milner - 1809 - 446 pages
...apostle's argument and testimony, What hast thou that them hast not received? and if thou hast received it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it? My mind had been puffed up with worldly books, worldly wisdom, and worldly knowledge; but after that... | |
 | Johannes van der Kemp - 1810 - 548 pages
...God ; for it is he that giveth you power," Deut. viii. IT, 13. " For who maketh thee to differ from another ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive...dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it I" 1 Cor. iv. 7. " I have laboured more abundantly than they all i yet not I, but the grace P U' 82... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - 1810 - 292 pages
...thou should'st manifest thyself to us, as thou dost not unto the world! Who maketh thee to differ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? Now,...dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?"* That there is a difference between believers and unbelievers, all will allow; but if the question be... | |
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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... 
