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1 Corinthians 4:8
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
1 Corinthians 4:8
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
8 You are already satisfied; you have already grown rich; you have become kings[a] without us! Indeed, I wish that you had become kings, so that we also might become kings with you.
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- 4:8 Satisfied…rich…kings: these three statements could also be punctuated as questions continuing the series begun in v 7. In any case these expressions reflect a tendency at Corinth toward an overrealized eschatology, a form of self-deception that draws Paul’s irony. The underlying attitude has implications for the Corinthians’ thinking about other issues, notably morality and the resurrection, that Paul will address later in the letter.
1 Corinthians 4:8
New International Version
1 Corinthians 4:8
New International Version
8 Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich!(A) You have begun to reign—and that without us! How I wish that you really had begun to reign so that we also might reign with you!
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