New American Standard Bible 1995

1 Corinthians 4:17-21

17For thisG3778 reasonG1223 I 1have sentG3992 to you 2TimothyG5095, whoG3739 is my 3belovedG27 and faithfulG4103 childG5043 in the LordG2962, and he will remindG363 you of my waysG3598 which are in ChristG5547, 4justG2531 as I teachG1321 everywhereG3837 in everyG3956 churchG1577.

18NowG1161 someG5100 have become 5 6arrogantG5448, as thoughG5613 I were not 7comingG2064 to you.

19But I 8will comeG2064 to you soonG5030, 9ifG1437 the LordG2962 willsG2309, and I shall findG1097 out, not the 10wordsG3056 of thoseG3588 who are 11arrogantG5448 but their powerG1411.

20For the kingdomG932 of GodG2316 does 12not consist in 13wordsG3056 but in powerG1411.

21WhatG5101 do you desireG2309? 14Shall I comeG2064 to you with a rodG4464, orG2228 with loveG26 and a spiritG4151 of gentlenessG4240?

Notes

1. 1 Corinthians 4:17 1 Cor 16:10 ↩
2. 1 Corinthians 4:17 Acts 16:1 ↩
3. 1 Corinthians 4:17 1 Cor 4:14; 1 Tim 1:2, 18; 2 Tim 1:2 ↩
4. 1 Corinthians 4:17 1 Cor 7:17; 14:33; 16:1; Titus 1:5 ↩
5. 1 Corinthians 4:18 Lit puffed up ↩
6. 1 Corinthians 4:18 1 Cor 4:6 ↩
7. 1 Corinthians 4:18 1 Cor 4:21 ↩
8. 1 Corinthians 4:19 Acts 19:21; 20:2; 1 Cor 11:34; 16:5f; 16:7-9; 2 Cor 1:15f ↩
9. 1 Corinthians 4:19 Acts 18:21 ↩
10. 1 Corinthians 4:19 Lit word ↩
11. 1 Corinthians 4:19 1 Cor 4:6 ↩
12. 1 Corinthians 4:20 1 Cor 2:4 ↩
13. 1 Corinthians 4:20 Lit word ↩
14. 1 Corinthians 4:21 2 Cor 1:23; 2:1, 3; 12:20; 13:2, 10 ↩