Contradiction with Matthew 5:3
While 1 Corinthians 4:8 speaks as if followers are already spiritually fulfilled, Matthew 5:3 emphasizes that the poor in spirit are blessed and in need of the kingdom of heaven, highlighting a current state of spiritual lack.
Matthew 5:3: Blessed [are] the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Contradiction with Revelation 3:17
1 Corinthians 4:8 suggests being rich and reigning, whereas Revelation 3:17 warns those who consider themselves rich that they are actually wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked without recognizing their true state.
Revelation 3:17: Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
Contradiction with Philippians 3:12
1 Corinthians 4:8 implies an attainment of fullness, yet Philippians 3:12 has Paul admitting he has not yet attained perfection, suggesting an ongoing journey rather than completion.
Philippians 3:12: Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
Contradiction with James 4:10
The seeming reign and sufficiency suggested in 1 Corinthians 4:8 contrasts with James 4:10, which calls believers to humble themselves to receive God's exaltation, indicating a status not yet achieved.
James 4:10: Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
Contradiction with Luke 1:53
1 Corinthians 4:8 implies being full and reigning now, yet Luke 1:53 mentions God filling the hungry with good things, while the rich he sends away empty, presenting a divine reversal of perceived sufficiency.
Luke 1:53: He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
Contradiction with 2 Corinthians 12:10
The boastful tone of reigning without need in 1 Corinthians 4:8 conflicts with 2 Corinthians 12:10 where Paul takes pleasure in infirmities and acknowledges strength through weakness, not self-sufficiency.
2 Corinthians 12:10: Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Contradiction with Matthew 23:12
While 1 Corinthians 4:8 conveys a status of reigning, Matthew 23:12 warns that those who exalt themselves will be humbled, suggesting a different divine view on self-perceived reign.
Matthew 23:12: And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
Contradiction with Romans 7:24-25
The reigning and fullness indicated in 1 Corinthians 4:8 oppose Paul's cry for deliverance from his 'body of death' in Romans 7:24-25, recognizing a current struggle and future hope rather than present reign.
Romans 7:24-25: O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? [the body...: or, this body of death]