Verse 8 Now ye are full,&c.; in your own ideas and estimation--I would to God ye did reign; in reality and truth; that is, that their spiritual condition was as elevated and prosperous as they imagined. In this and the verses which follow, (1 Corinthians 4:8-13,) the apostle contrasts the condition of spiritual ease and satisfaction which some of the vain and self-conceited teachers of the Corinthian church appeared to enjoy, with the toils and hardships, and the humble self-denial, which characterized the lives of the true and devoted servants of Jesus.