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1 Corinthians 13 4
Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud
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1 Corinthians 1 12
Some of you are saying,“ I am a follower of Paul.” Others are saying,“ I follow Apollos,” or“ I follow Peter,” or“ I follow only Christ.”
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2 Corinthians 11 4
You happily put up with whatever anyone tells you, even if they preach a different Jesus than the one we preach, or a different kind of Spirit than the one you received, or a different kind of gospel than the one you believed.
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2 Corinthians 4 15
All of this is for your benefit. And as God’s grace reaches more and more people, there will be great thanksgiving, and God will receive more and more glory.
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2 Corinthians 12 19
Perhaps you think we’re saying these things just to defend ourselves. No, we tell you this as Christ’s servants, and with God as our witness. Everything we do, dear friends, is to strengthen you.
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Colossians 2:18
Don’t let anyone condemn you by insisting on pious self denial or the worship of angels, saying they have had visions about these things. Their sinful minds have made them proud,
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2 Timothy 2 10
So I am willing to endure anything if it will bring salvation and eternal glory in Christ Jesus to those God has chosen.
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2 Corinthians 12 6
If I wanted to boast, I would be no fool in doing so, because I would be telling the truth. But I won’t do it, because I don’t want anyone to give me credit beyond what they can see in my life or hear in my message,
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2 Corinthians 11 12-2 Corinthians 11 15
But I will continue doing what I have always done. This will undercut those who are looking for an opportunity to boast that their work is just like ours.These people are false apostles. They are deceitful workers who disguise themselves as apostles of Christ.But I am not surprised! Even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.So it is no wonder that his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. In the end they will get the punishment their wicked deeds deserve.
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1 Thessalonians 1 5
For when we brought you the Good News, it was not only with words but also with power, for the Holy Spirit gave you full assurance that what we said was true. And you know of our concern for you from the way we lived when we were with you.
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2 Corinthians 10 7
Look at the obvious facts. Those who say they belong to Christ must recognize that we belong to Christ as much as they do.
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1 Corinthians 8 1
Now regarding your question about food that has been offered to idols. Yes, we know that“ we all have knowledge” about this issue. But while knowledge makes us feel important, it is love that strengthens the church.
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Psalms 146:3
Don’t put your confidence in powerful people; there is no help for you there.
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1 Corinthians 1 19
As the Scriptures say,“ I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and discard the intelligence of the intelligent.”
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1 Corinthians 3 4-1 Corinthians 3 7
When one of you says,“ I am a follower of Paul,” and another says,“ I follow Apollos,” aren’t you acting just like people of the world?After all, who is Apollos? Who is Paul? We are only God’s servants through whom you believed the Good News. Each of us did the work the Lord gave us.I planted the seed in your hearts, and Apollos watered it, but it was God who made it grow.It’s not important who does the planting, or who does the watering. What’s important is that God makes the seed grow.
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Psalms 8:4
what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?
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2 Corinthians 10 15
Nor do we boast and claim credit for the work someone else has done. Instead, we hope that your faith will grow so that the boundaries of our work among you will be extended.
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1 Corinthians 9 23
I do everything to spread the Good News and share in its blessings.
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2 Corinthians 10 12
Oh, don’t worry; we wouldn’t dare say that we are as wonderful as these other men who tell you how important they are! But they are only comparing themselves with each other, using themselves as the standard of measurement. How ignorant!
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1 Corinthians 4 18-1 Corinthians 4 19
Some of you have become arrogant, thinking I will not visit you again.But I will come— and soon— if the Lord lets me, and then I’ll find out whether these arrogant people just give pretentious speeches or whether they really have God’s power.
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1 Corinthians 3 19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God. As the Scriptures say,“ He traps the wise in the snare of their own cleverness.”
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Job 11:11-12
For he knows those who are false, and he takes note of all their sins.An empty headed person won’t become wise any more than a wild donkey can bear a human child.
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Jeremiah 17:5-6
This is what the Lord says:“ Cursed are those who put their trust in mere humans, who rely on human strength and turn their hearts away from the Lord.They are like stunted shrubs in the desert, with no hope for the future. They will live in the barren wilderness, in an uninhabited salty land.
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1 Corinthians 5 2
You are so proud of yourselves, but you should be mourning in sorrow and shame. And you should remove this man from your fellowship.
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John 3:26-27
So John’s disciples came to him and said,“ Rabbi, the man you met on the other side of the Jordan River, the one you identified as the Messiah, is also baptizing people. And everybody is going to him instead of coming to us.”John replied,“ No one can receive anything unless God gives it from heaven.
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1 Corinthians 3 21
So don’t boast about following a particular human leader. For everything belongs to you—
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Isaiah 2:22
Don’t put your trust in mere humans. They are as frail as breath. What good are they?
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Romans 12:3
Because of the privilege and authority God has given me, I give each of you this warning: Don’t think you are better than you really are. Be honest in your evaluation of yourselves, measuring yourselves by the faith God has given us.
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1 Corinthians 5 6
Your boasting about this is terrible. Don’t you realize that this sin is like a little yeast that spreads through the whole batch of dough?
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1 Corinthians 1 31
Therefore, as the Scriptures say,“ If you want to boast, boast only about the Lord.”
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Matthew 23:8-10
“ Don’t let anyone call you‘ Rabbi,’ for you have only one teacher, and all of you are equal as brothers and sisters.And don’t address anyone here on earth as‘ Father,’ for only God in heaven is your Father.And don’t let anyone call you‘ Teacher,’ for you have only one teacher, the Messiah.
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Numbers 11:28-29
Joshua son of Nun, who had been Moses’ assistant since his youth, protested,“ Moses, my master, make them stop!”But Moses replied,“ Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all the Lord’s people were prophets and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them all!”