Now ye are full The Corinthians abounded with spiritual gifts; and so did the apostles. But the apostles, by continual want and sufferings, were preserved from self-complacency. The Corinthians suffered nothing; and having plenty of all things, were pleased with and applauded themselves. And they were like children who, being raised in the world, disregard their poor parents. Now ye are full, says the apostle, in a beautiful gradation; ye are rich; ye have reigned as kings A proverbial expression, denoting the most splendid and plentiful circumstances; without us That is, without any thought of us; or, by the ministry of your own teachers, without our help. And I would to God ye did reign In the best sense: I would ye had attained to an eminence of grace and holiness as well as of gifts; that we also might reign with you Might have no more sorrow on your account.
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1 Corinthians 4:8
8 Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.