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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 become rich and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art the wretched and the pitiable and poor and blind and naked; (Rev. 3:17)

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ye are full.

1 Cor. 1:5• ⁵that in everything ye were enriched in him, in all discourse and all knowledge, (1 Cor. 1:5)

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1 Cor. 3:1‑2• ¹And I, brethren, was not able to speak to you as spiritual, but as fleshy, as babes in Christ.
²With milk I gave you drink, not meat; for ye were not yet able, nor indeed are ye now able, (1 Cor. 3:1‑2)

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1 Cor. 5:6• ⁶Your boasting [is] not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? (1 Cor. 5:6)

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Prov. 13:7• ⁷There is that feigneth himself rich,{HR}And [hath] nothing;{HR}[There is] that feigneth himself poor,{HR}And [hath] great wealth. (Prov. 13:7)

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Prov. 25:14• ¹⁴Clouds and wind without rain{HR}Is whoso boasteth 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 prudent in their own sight! (Isa. 5:21)

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

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

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Rom. 12:3• ³For through the grace of God that is given to me, I say to everyone that is among you not to be high-minded above what he ought to be minded, but to be minded to sober-mindedness as God to each hath dealt a measure of faith. (Rom. 12:3)

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Rom. 12:16• ¹⁶Be of the same mind one toward another, not minding high things, but consorting with the lowly. Be not wise in your own eyes: (Rom. 12:16)

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Gal. 6:3• ³For if anyone reputeth himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. (Gal. 6:3)

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

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1 Cor. 4:18• ¹⁸Now some were puffed up as though I were not coming unto you; (1 Cor. 4:18)

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Acts 20:29‑30• ²⁹I know that after my departure grievous wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the flock;
³⁰and from among your own selves shall men arise speaking things perverted to draw the disciples after them. (Acts 20:29‑30)

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Phil. 1:27• ²⁷Only conduct yourselves worthily of the gospel of Christ; that, whether coming and seeing you or absent, I may hear of your concerns, that ye stand in one spirit, with one soul striving together with the faith of the gospel; (Phil. 1:27)

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

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Num. 11:29• ²⁹{i}But 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!{/i} (Num. 11:29)

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Acts 26:29• ²⁹And Paul [said], I would to God that both with little and with great [pains] b not thou only but also all that hear me this day should become, as I too am, except these bonds. (Acts 26:29)

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2 Cor. 11:1• ¹Would that ye might bear with me in some little folly; but even bear with me. (2 Cor. 11:1)

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Psa. 122:5‑9• ⁵For there are set thrones for judgment,{HR}Thrones for David's house.
⁶Pray for Jerusalem's peace:{HR}May they prosper that love thee.
⁷Peace be within thy bulwark,{HR}Prosperity within thy palaces.
⁸For my brethren and companions' sake,{HR}Let me now speak, Peace [be] within thee.
⁹For the sake of the house of Jehovah our God,{HR}I will seek thy good. (Psa. 122:5‑9)

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Jer. 28:6• ⁶even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: Jehovah do so: Jehovah perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of Jehovah's house, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place. (Jer. 28:6)

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

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2 Cor. 13:9• ⁹For we rejoice when we are weak and ye are strong: 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 glorying? [Are] not even ye 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 when Timothy came just now unto us from you and brought us glad tidings of your faith and love, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, longing to see us even as we also [to see] you:
⁷on this account we were comforted by you, brethren, in all our distress and tribulation through your faith;
⁸because now we live if ye stand fast in [the] Lord.
⁹For what thanksgiving can we render again to God for you for all the joy wherewith we rejoice on your account before our God, (1 Thess. 3:6‑9)

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2 Tim. 2:11‑12• ¹¹Faithful [is] the word: for if we died together with [him], we shall also live together;
¹²if we endure, we shall also reign together; if we shall deny [him], he also will deny us; (2 Tim. 2:11‑12)

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Rev. 5:10• ¹⁰and hast 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.