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1 Corinthians 4

New American Standard Bible 2020

Servants of Christ

1ThisG3779 isG3779 theG3779 wayG3779 any personG444 is to regardG3049 us: as 1servantsG5257 of ChristG5547 and 2stewardsG3623 of 3the mysteriesG3466 of GodG2316. 2In thisG5602 caseG5602, moreoverG3062, it is requiredG523 4of stewardsG3623 that oneG5100 be foundG2147 trustworthyG4103. 3But to me it is an insignificantG1646 matterG1646 that I would be examinedG350 by you, orG2228 by any humanG442 5courtG2250; inG235 factG235, I do not evenG3761 examineG350 myselfG1683. 4For I 6amG4924 not awareG4924 of anythingG3762 against myselfG1683; howeverG235 I am not 7vindicatedG1344 by thisG3778, but the one who examinesG350 me is the LordG2962. 5ThereforeG5620 8do not go on 9passingG2919 judgmentG2919 beforeG4253 10the timeG2540, but wait 11untilG2193 the LordG2962 comesG2064, whoG3739 will bothG2532 12bringG5461 toG5461 lightG5461 the thingsG2927 hiddenG2927 in the darknessG4655 and discloseG5319 the motivesG1012 of human heartsG2588; and thenG5119 13praiseG1868 will comeG1096 to eachG1538 personG1538 from GodG2316.

6NowG1161 theseG3778 thingsG3778, brothersG80 and sisters, I have figurativelyG3345 appliedG3345 to myselfG1683 and ApollosG625 onG1223 your accountG1223, soG2443 thatG2443 in us you may learnG3129 not to exceedG5228 14whatG3739 is writtenG1125, soG2443 thatG2443 noG3361 oneG1520 of you will 15become 16arrogantG5448 17inG5228 behalfG5228 of oneG1520 againstG2596 the otherG2087. 7For whoG5101 considersG1252 you asG1252 superiorG1252? 18WhatG5101 do you haveG2192 that you did not receiveG2983? And ifG1487 you did receiveG2983 it, whyG5101 do you boastG2744 as ifG5613 you had not receivedG2983 it?

8You are 19alreadyG2235 filledG2880, you have alreadyG2235 becomeG4147 richG4147, you have becomeG936 kingsG936 withoutG5565 us; and indeedG1065, I wishG3785 that you had becomeG936 kingsG936 soG2443 thatG2443 we alsoG2532 might reignG4821 with you! 9For I thinkG1380, GodG2316 has exhibitedG584 us, the apostlesG652, lastG2078 ofG2078 allG2078 as menG1935 20condemnedG1935 toG1935 deathG1935, becauseG3754 we 21have becomeG1096 a spectacleG2302 to the worldG2889, bothG2532 to angelsG32 and to mankindG444. 10We are 22foolsG3474 on accountG1223 of ChristG5547, but 23you are prudentG5429 in ChristG5547! 24We are weakG772, but you are strongG2478! You are distinguishedG1741, but we are withoutG820 honorG820! 11UpG891 toG891 thisG3588 presentG737 hourG5610 we are bothG2532 25hungryG3983 and thirstyG1372, and are poorlyG1130 clothedG1130 and roughlyG2852 treatedG2852 and homelessG790; 12and we laborG2872, 26workingG2038 with our ownG2398 handsG5495; when we are 27verballyG3058 abusedG3058, we blessG2127; when we are 28persecutedG1377, we endureG430 it; 13when we are slanderedG1426, we 29replyG3870 asG3870 friendsG3870; we have 30becomeG1096 as the scumG4027 of the worldG2889, the dregsG4067 of allG3956 thingsG3956, even untilG2193 nowG737.

14I do not writeG1125 theseG3778 thingsG3778 to 31shameG1788 you, but to admonishG3560 you as my belovedG27 32childrenG5043. 15For ifG1437 you were to haveG2192 countlessG3463 33tutorsG3807 in ChristG5547, yetG235 you would not have manyG4183 fathersG3962, for in 34ChristG5547 JesusG2424 I 35becameG1080 your fatherG1080 throughG1223 the 36gospelG2098. 16ThereforeG3767 I urgeG3870 you, be 37imitatorsG3402 of me. 17For thisG3778 reasonG1223 I 38have sentG3992 to you 39TimothyG5095, whoG3739 is my 40belovedG27 and faithfulG4103 childG5043 in the LordG2962, and he will remindG363 you of my waysG3598 which are in ChristG5547, 41justG2531 asG2531 I teachG1321 everywhereG3837 in everyG3956 churchG1577. 18NowG1161 someG5100 have become 4243arrogantG5448, asG5613 thoughG5613 I were not 44comingG2064 to you. 19But I 45will comeG2064 to you soonG5030, 46ifG1437 the LordG2962 willsG2309, and I shall findG1097 outG1097, not the 47wordsG3056 of thoseG3588 who are 48arrogantG5448, but their powerG1411. 20For the kingdomG932 of GodG2316 is 49not in 50wordsG3056, but in powerG1411. 21WhatG5101 do you desireG2309? 51That I comeG2064 to you with a rodG4464, orG2228 with loveG26 and a spiritG4151 of gentlenessG4240?

Notes

  1. 1. 1 Corinthians 4:1 Luke 1:2 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Corinthians 4:1 1 Cor 9:17; Titus 1:7; 1 Pet 4:10 ↩
  3. 3. 1 Corinthians 4:1 Rom 11:25; 16:25 ↩
  4. 4. 1 Corinthians 4:2 Lit in ↩
  5. 5. 1 Corinthians 4:3 Lit day ↩
  6. 6. 1 Corinthians 4:4 Acts 23:1; 2 Cor 1:12 ↩
  7. 7. 1 Corinthians 4:4 Ps 143:2; Rom 2:13 ↩
  8. 8. 1 Corinthians 4:5 Matt 7:1; Rom 2:1 ↩
  9. 9. 1 Corinthians 4:5 Lit judging anything ↩
  10. 10. 1 Corinthians 4:5 I.e., the appointed time of judgment ↩
  11. 11. 1 Corinthians 4:5 John 21:22; Rom 2:16 ↩
  12. 12. 1 Corinthians 4:5 1 Cor 3:13 ↩
  13. 13. 1 Corinthians 4:5 Rom 2:29; 1 Cor 3:8; 2 Cor 10:18 ↩
  14. 14. 1 Corinthians 4:6 1 Cor 1:19, 31; 3:19f ↩
  15. 15. 1 Corinthians 4:6 1 Cor 4:18f; 8:1; 13:4 ↩
  16. 16. 1 Corinthians 4:6 Lit puffed up ↩
  17. 17. 1 Corinthians 4:6 1 Cor 1:12; 3:4 ↩
  18. 18. 1 Corinthians 4:7 John 3:27; Rom 12:3, 6; 1 Pet 4:10 ↩
  19. 19. 1 Corinthians 4:8 Rev 3:17f ↩
  20. 20. 1 Corinthians 4:9 Rom 8:36; 1 Cor 15:31; 2 Cor 11:23 ↩
  21. 21. 1 Corinthians 4:9 Heb 10:33 ↩
  22. 22. 1 Corinthians 4:10 Acts 17:18; 26:24; 1 Cor 1:18 ↩
  23. 23. 1 Corinthians 4:10 1 Cor 1:19f; 3:18; 2 Cor 11:19 ↩
  24. 24. 1 Corinthians 4:10 1 Cor 2:3; 2 Cor 13:9 ↩
  25. 25. 1 Corinthians 4:11 Rom 8:35; 2 Cor 11:23-27 ↩
  26. 26. 1 Corinthians 4:12 Acts 18:3 ↩
  27. 27. 1 Corinthians 4:12 1 Pet 3:9 ↩
  28. 28. 1 Corinthians 4:12 John 15:20; Rom 8:35 ↩
  29. 29. 1 Corinthians 4:13 Or conciliate ↩
  30. 30. 1 Corinthians 4:13 Lam 3:45 ↩
  31. 31. 1 Corinthians 4:14 1 Cor 6:5; 15:34 ↩
  32. 32. 1 Corinthians 4:14 2 Cor 6:13; 12:14; 1 Thess 2:11; 1 John 2:1; 3 John 4 ↩
  33. 33. 1 Corinthians 4:15 Gal 3:24f ↩
  34. 34. 1 Corinthians 4:15 1 Cor 1:30 ↩
  35. 35. 1 Corinthians 4:15 Num 11:12; 1 Cor 3:8; Gal 4:19; Philem 10 ↩
  36. 36. 1 Corinthians 4:15 1 Cor 9:12, 14, 18, 23; 15:1 ↩
  37. 37. 1 Corinthians 4:16 1 Cor 11:1; Phil 3:17; 4:9; 1 Thess 1:6; 2 Thess 3:9 ↩
  38. 38. 1 Corinthians 4:17 1 Cor 16:10 ↩
  39. 39. 1 Corinthians 4:17 Acts 16:1 ↩
  40. 40. 1 Corinthians 4:17 1 Cor 4:14; 1 Tim 1:2, 18; 2 Tim 1:2 ↩
  41. 41. 1 Corinthians 4:17 1 Cor 7:17; 14:33; 16:1; Titus 1:5 ↩
  42. 42. 1 Corinthians 4:18 Lit puffed up ↩
  43. 43. 1 Corinthians 4:18 1 Cor 4:6 ↩
  44. 44. 1 Corinthians 4:18 1 Cor 4:21 ↩
  45. 45. 1 Corinthians 4:19 Acts 19:21; 20:2; 1 Cor 11:34; 16:5f; 16:7-9; 2 Cor 1:15f ↩
  46. 46. 1 Corinthians 4:19 Acts 18:21 ↩
  47. 47. 1 Corinthians 4:19 Lit word ↩
  48. 48. 1 Corinthians 4:19 1 Cor 4:6 ↩
  49. 49. 1 Corinthians 4:20 1 Cor 2:4 ↩
  50. 50. 1 Corinthians 4:20 Lit word ↩
  51. 51. 1 Corinthians 4:21 2 Cor 1:23; 2:1, 3; 12:20; 13:2, 10 ↩

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