1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 Corinthians 1:5 enriched in him. In 1 Corinthians 4:8 Paul will say that the Corinthians’ spiritual riches have led to an inappropriate pride. Paul’s thankfulness here shows that the problem was not with the gifts God had given them. It was in the way the Corinthians used those gifts. The cure for their pride is a healthy dose of gratitude (1 Corinthians 4:7). The Corinthians valued especially the gifts of speech and knowledge (see 1 Corinthians 8:1, 1 Corinthians 8:10; 1 Corinthians 12:8; 1 Corinthians 13:2; 1 Corinthians 14:1). Using these gifts in improper ways led to disunity (1 Corinthians 8:1; 1 Corinthians 12:29; 1 Corinthians 14:4).

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