1 Corinthians 4:7

WEB

⁷For 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?

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KJV

⁷For 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?

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BSB

⁷For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?

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FBV

^7[+] Who made you so special? What do you have that you weren't given? Since you were given it, why do you proudly claim you weren't?

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