New American Standard Bible 2020

1 Corinthians 4:16-21

16ThereforeG3767 I urgeG3870 you, be 1imitatorsG3402 of me.

17For thisG3778 reasonG1223 I 2have sentG3992 to you 3TimothyG5095, whoG3739 is my 4belovedG27 and faithfulG4103 childG5043 in the LordG2962, and he will remindG363 you of my waysG3598 which are in ChristG5547, 5justG2531 asG2531 I teachG1321 everywhereG3837 in everyG3956 churchG1577.

18NowG1161 someG5100 have become 6 7arrogantG5448, asG5613 thoughG5613 I were not 8comingG2064 to you.

19But I 9will comeG2064 to you soonG5030, 10ifG1437 the LordG2962 willsG2309, and I shall findG1097 outG1097, not the 11wordsG3056 of thoseG3588 who are 12arrogantG5448, but their powerG1411.

20For the kingdomG932 of GodG2316 is 13not in 14wordsG3056, but in powerG1411.

21WhatG5101 do you desireG2309? 15That I comeG2064 to you with a rodG4464, orG2228 with loveG26 and a spiritG4151 of gentlenessG4240?

Notes

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