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1 Cor. 4:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Now ye are full, now ye are richb, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.

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Rev. 3:17• ¹⁷Because thou sayest, I am rich, and am grown rich, and have need of nothing, and knowest not that *thou* art the wretched and the miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked; (Rev. 3:17)

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ye are full.

1 Cor. 1:5• ⁵that in everything ye have been enriched in him, in all word of doctrine, and all knowledge, (1 Cor. 1:5)

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1 Cor. 3:1‑2• ¹And *I*, brethren, have not been able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly; as to babes in Christ.
²I have given you milk to drink, not meat, for ye have not yet been able, nor indeed are ye yet able; (1 Cor. 3:1‑2)

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1 Cor. 5:6• ⁶Your boasting is not good. Do ye not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? (1 Cor. 5:6)

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Prov. 13:7• ⁷There is that feigneth himself rich, and hath nothing; there is that maketh himself poor, and hath great wealth. (Prov. 13:7)

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Prov. 25:14• ¹⁴Clouds and wind without rain, so is a man that boasteth himself of a false gift. (Prov. 25:14)

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Isa. 5:21• ²¹Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and intelligent in their own esteem! (Isa. 5:21)

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Luke 1:51‑53• ⁵¹He has wrought strength with his arm; he has scattered haughty ones in the thought of their heart.
⁵²He has put down rulers from thrones, and exalted the lowly.
⁵³He has filled the hungry with good things, and sent away the rich empty. (Luke 1:51‑53)

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Luke 6:25• ²⁵Woe to you that are filled, for ye shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for ye shall mourn and weep. (Luke 6:25)

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Rom. 12:3• ³For I say, through the grace which has been given to me, to every one that is among you, not to have high thoughts above what he should think; but to think so as to be wise, as God has dealt to each a measure of faith. (Rom. 12:3)

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Rom. 12:16• ¹⁶Have the same respect one for another, not minding high things, but going along with the lowly: be not wise in your own eyes: (Rom. 12:16)

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Gal. 6:3• ³For if any man reputes himself to be something, being nothing, he deceives himself; (Gal. 6:3)

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Rev. 3:17• ¹⁷Because thou sayest, I am rich, and am grown rich, and have need of nothing, and knowest not that *thou* art the wretched and the miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked; (Rev. 3:17)

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1 Cor. 4:18• ¹⁸But some have been puffed up, as if I were not coming to you; (1 Cor. 4:18)

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Acts 20:29‑30• ²⁹For *I* know this, that there will come in amongst you after my departure grievous wolves, not sparing the flock;
³⁰and from among your own selves shall rise up men speaking perverted things to draw away the disciples after them. (Acts 20:29‑30)

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Phil. 1:27• ²⁷Only conduct yourselves worthily of the glad tidings of the Christ, in order that whether coming and seeing you, or absent, I may hear of what concerns you, that ye stand firm in one spirit, with one soul, labouring together in the same conflict with the faith of the glad tidings; (Phil. 1:27)

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Phil. 2:12• ¹²So that, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much rather in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, (Phil. 2:12)

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Num. 11:29• ²⁹But Moses said to him, Enviest thou for my sake? would that all Jehovah's people were prophets, and that Jehovah would put his Spirit upon them! (Num. 11:29)

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Acts 26:29• ²⁹And Paul said, I would to God, both in little and in much, that not only thou, but all who have heard me this day, should become such as *I* also am, except these bonds. (Acts 26:29)

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2 Cor. 11:1• ¹Would that ye would bear with me in a little folly; but indeed bear with me. (2 Cor. 11:1)

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Psa. 122:5‑9• ⁵For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
⁶Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
⁷Peace be within thy bulwarks, prosperity within thy palaces.
⁸For my brethren and companions' sakes I will say, Peace be within thee!
⁹Because of the house of Jehovah our God I will seek thy good. (Psa. 122:5‑9)

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Jer. 28:6• ⁶And the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen, may Jehovah do so! may Jehovah perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again from Babylon, into this place, the vessels of Jehovah's house, and all them of the captivity! (Jer. 28:6)

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Rom. 12:15• ¹⁵Rejoice with those that rejoice, weep with those that weep. (Rom. 12:15)

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2 Cor. 13:9• ⁹For we rejoice when *we* may be weak and *ye* may be powerful. But this also we pray for, your perfecting. (2 Cor. 13:9)

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1 Thess. 2:19‑20• ¹⁹For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of boasting? are not *ye* also before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
²⁰for ye are our glory and joy. (1 Thess. 2:19‑20)

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1 Thess. 3:6‑9• ⁶But Timotheus having just come to us from you, and brought to us the glad tidings of your faith and love, and that ye have always good remembrance of us, desiring much to see us, even as we also you;
⁷for this reason we have been comforted in you, brethren, in all our distress and tribulation, through your faith,
⁸because now we live if *ye* stand firm in the Lord.
⁹For what thanksgiving can we render to God for you, for all the joy wherewith we rejoice on account of you before our God, (1 Thess. 3:6‑9)

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2 Tim. 2:11‑12• ¹¹The word is faithful; for if we have died together with him, we shall also live together;
¹²if we endure, we shall also reign together; if we deny, *he* also will deny us; (2 Tim. 2:11‑12)

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Rev. 5:10• ¹⁰and made them to our God kings and priests; and they shall reign over the earth. (Rev. 5:10)

• Satan had succeeded in severing them, in walk at least and aims, from the Lord, who nevertheless waits for the time of glory, when He and they shall really reign together. (“Notes on 1 Corinthians 4:6-13” by W. Kelly)

• You have been at ease, like kings-a reproach in accordance with their own pretensions, their own reproaches-a reproach that touched them to the quick, if they had any feeling left. (“1 Corinthians 4” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Already ye are filled; already ye have been enriched; ye have reigned without us; and I would that ye reigned, that *we* also might reign with you.

W. Kelly Translation

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Already ye are filled, already ye have been enriched, apart from us ye reigneda; and I would that ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.

WK Translation Notes

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Why not "reigned"? No doubt, "have reigned" reflects the perfect rather than the aorist.