1 Corinthians 1:5
1:5 For you were made rich
in every way in him, in all your speech and in every kind of knowledge
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1 Corinthians 3:1-2
Immaturity and Self-deception
3:1 So, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but instead as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.
3:2 I fed you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready. In fact, you are still not ready,
1 Corinthians 5:6
5:6 Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast affects the whole batch of dough?
Proverbs 13:7
13:7 There is one who pretends to be rich and yet has nothing;
another pretends to be poor and yet possesses great wealth.
Proverbs 25:14
25:14 Like cloudy skies and wind that produce no rain,
so is the one who boasts of a gift not given.
Isaiah 5:21
5:21 Those who think they are wise are as good as dead,
those who think they possess understanding.
Luke 1:51-53
1:51 He has demonstrated power with his arm; he has scattered those whose pride wells up from the sheer arrogance of their hearts.
1:52 He has brought down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up those of lowly position;
1:53 he has filled the hungry with good things, and has sent the rich away empty.
Luke 6:25
6:25 “Woe to you who are well satisfied with food now, for you will be hungry.
“Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
Romans 12:3
Conduct in Humility
12:3 For by the grace given to me I say to every one of you not to think more highly of yourself than you ought to think, but to think with sober discernment, as God has distributed to each of you a measure of faith.
Romans 12:16
12:16 Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly.
Do not be conceited.
Galatians 6:3
6:3 For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Revelation 3:17
3:17 Because you say, “I am rich and have acquired great wealth,
and need nothing,” but
do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful,
poor, blind, and naked,