For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
Translate х diakrinei (G1252)], 'Who distinguisheth thee (above another)? not thyself, but God.
And, [Greek, de (G1161)] - 'but.' If, 'however,' thou appealest to thy pre-eminent gifts, 'what hast thou that thou didst not receive?'
Glory, as if thou hadst not received it - as if it was to thyself, not to God, thou owest it.