New American Standard Bible 2020

1 Corinthians 4:9-21

9For I thinkG1380, GodG2316 has exhibitedG584 us, the apostlesG652, lastG2078 ofG2078 allG2078 as menG1935 1condemnedG1935 toG1935 deathG1935, becauseG3754 we 2have becomeG1096 a spectacleG2302 to the worldG2889, bothG2532 to angelsG32 and to mankindG444. 10We are 3foolsG3474 on accountG1223 of ChristG5547, but 4you are prudentG5429 in ChristG5547! 5We are weakG772, but you are strongG2478! You are distinguishedG1741, but we are withoutG820 honorG820! 11UpG891 toG891 thisG3588 presentG737 hourG5610 we are bothG2532 6hungryG3983 and thirstyG1372, and are poorlyG1130 clothedG1130 and roughlyG2852 treatedG2852 and homelessG790; 12and we laborG2872, 7workingG2038 with our ownG2398 handsG5495; when we are 8verballyG3058 abusedG3058, we blessG2127; when we are 9persecutedG1377, we endureG430 it; 13when we are slanderedG1426, we 10replyG3870 asG3870 friendsG3870; we have 11becomeG1096 as the scumG4027 of the worldG2889, the dregsG4067 of allG3956 thingsG3956, even untilG2193 nowG737.

14I do not writeG1125 theseG3778 thingsG3778 to 12shameG1788 you, but to admonishG3560 you as my belovedG27 13childrenG5043. 15For ifG1437 you were to haveG2192 countlessG3463 14tutorsG3807 in ChristG5547, yetG235 you would not have manyG4183 fathersG3962, for in 15ChristG5547 JesusG2424 I 16becameG1080 your fatherG1080 throughG1223 the 17gospelG2098. 16ThereforeG3767 I urgeG3870 you, be 18imitatorsG3402 of me. 17For thisG3778 reasonG1223 I 19have sentG3992 to you 20TimothyG5095, whoG3739 is my 21belovedG27 and faithfulG4103 childG5043 in the LordG2962, and he will remindG363 you of my waysG3598 which are in ChristG5547, 22justG2531 asG2531 I teachG1321 everywhereG3837 in everyG3956 churchG1577. 18NowG1161 someG5100 have become 23 24arrogantG5448, asG5613 thoughG5613 I were not 25comingG2064 to you. 19But I 26will comeG2064 to you soonG5030, 27ifG1437 the LordG2962 willsG2309, and I shall findG1097 outG1097, not the 28wordsG3056 of thoseG3588 who are 29arrogantG5448, but their powerG1411. 20For the kingdomG932 of GodG2316 is 30not in 31wordsG3056, but in powerG1411. 21WhatG5101 do you desireG2309? 32That I comeG2064 to you with a rodG4464, orG2228 with loveG26 and a spiritG4151 of gentlenessG4240?

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Notes

1. 1 Corinthians 4:9 Rom 8:36; 1 Cor 15:31; 2 Cor 11:23 ↩
2. 1 Corinthians 4:9 Heb 10:33 ↩
3. 1 Corinthians 4:10 Acts 17:18; 26:24; 1 Cor 1:18 ↩
4. 1 Corinthians 4:10 1 Cor 1:19f; 3:18; 2 Cor 11:19 ↩
5. 1 Corinthians 4:10 1 Cor 2:3; 2 Cor 13:9 ↩
6. 1 Corinthians 4:11 Rom 8:35; 2 Cor 11:23-27 ↩
7. 1 Corinthians 4:12 Acts 18:3 ↩
8. 1 Corinthians 4:12 1 Pet 3:9 ↩
9. 1 Corinthians 4:12 John 15:20; Rom 8:35 ↩
10. 1 Corinthians 4:13 Or conciliate ↩
11. 1 Corinthians 4:13 Lam 3:45 ↩
12. 1 Corinthians 4:14 1 Cor 6:5; 15:34 ↩
13. 1 Corinthians 4:14 2 Cor 6:13; 12:14; 1 Thess 2:11; 1 John 2:1; 3 John 4 ↩
14. 1 Corinthians 4:15 Gal 3:24f ↩
15. 1 Corinthians 4:15 1 Cor 1:30 ↩
16. 1 Corinthians 4:15 Num 11:12; 1 Cor 3:8; Gal 4:19; Philem 10 ↩
17. 1 Corinthians 4:15 1 Cor 9:12, 14, 18, 23; 15:1 ↩
18. 1 Corinthians 4:16 1 Cor 11:1; Phil 3:17; 4:9; 1 Thess 1:6; 2 Thess 3:9 ↩
19. 1 Corinthians 4:17 1 Cor 16:10 ↩
20. 1 Corinthians 4:17 Acts 16:1 ↩
21. 1 Corinthians 4:17 1 Cor 4:14; 1 Tim 1:2, 18; 2 Tim 1:2 ↩
22. 1 Corinthians 4:17 1 Cor 7:17; 14:33; 16:1; Titus 1:5 ↩
23. 1 Corinthians 4:18 Lit puffed up ↩
24. 1 Corinthians 4:18 1 Cor 4:6 ↩
25. 1 Corinthians 4:18 1 Cor 4:21 ↩
26. 1 Corinthians 4:19 Acts 19:21; 20:2; 1 Cor 11:34; 16:5f; 16:7-9; 2 Cor 1:15f ↩
27. 1 Corinthians 4:19 Acts 18:21 ↩
28. 1 Corinthians 4:19 Lit word ↩
29. 1 Corinthians 4:19 1 Cor 4:6 ↩
30. 1 Corinthians 4:20 1 Cor 2:4 ↩
31. 1 Corinthians 4:20 Lit word ↩
32. 1 Corinthians 4:21 2 Cor 1:23; 2:1, 3; 12:20; 13:2, 10 ↩

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