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1 Corinthians 4

CHAPTER 4 Servants of Christ

1 So [⁴us ¹let ³consider ²a man] as servants of Christ, and managers of the mysteries of God! 2 But remaining, it is sought in the managers that [³trustworthy ¹one ²should be found]. 3 But to me [²a least thing ¹it is ³that ⁵by ⁶you ⁴I should be examined], or by a human's day. But not even myself do I examine. 4 For nothing by myself am I fully conscious; but not in this have I been justified; but the one examining me is the Lord. 5 So that [²not ⁴before ⁵its time ³anything ¹judge]! until whenever [³should come ¹the ²Lord], who both will give light to the hidden things of the darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts. And then the high praise shall be to each from God.

Paul Questions Motives

6 And these things, brethren, I changed appearance to myself and Apollos on account of you, that in us you should learn not [²above ³what ⁴has been written ¹to think], that not one over one you be inflated against the other. 7 For who scrutinizes you? And what do you have which you have not received? And if also you received, why do you boast as not having received? 8 [²already ³satisfied ¹Are you]? [²already ¹Are you] enriched? [²apart from ³us ¹Do you reign]? And I ought indeed that you reigned, that also we with you should have reigned together. 9 For I think that God [²us ³apostles ⁴last ¹exhibited] as condemned to death, for [²a theater ¹we became] to the world, and to angels, and to men. 10 We are moronish on account of Christ, but you are skilled in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are honorable, but we are without honor.

Afflictions of the Apostles

11 As far as the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and unsettled; 12 and we tire working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure; 13 being blasphemed, we appeal; as the rubbish of the world, we were of all the sweepings until now. 14 Not shaming you do I write these things, but as [³children ¹my ²beloved] I admonish you. 15 For if [²ten thousand ³instructors ¹you should have] in Christ, but not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus through the good news I engendered you. 16 I appeal to you then, [²mimics ³of me ¹become]! 17 On account of this I send to you Timothy, who is [³child ¹my ²beloved], and trustworthy in the Lord, who shall remind you of my ways -- the ones in Christ, as everywhere in every assembly I teach. 18 [²as to ⁴not ⁵coming ¹And ³my] to you, some were inflated. 19 But I shall come quickly to you, if the Lord should want, and I will know, not the word of the ones being inflated, but the power. 20 For not [⁴in ⁵word ¹is the ²kingdom ³of God], but in power. 21 What do you want? [²with ³a rod ¹Should I come] to you, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?