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1 Corinthians 4

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1Let a man so account of us, as of ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

2Here, moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

3But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man’s judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.

4For I know nothing against myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.

5Wherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.

6Now these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes; that in us ye might learn not to go beyond the things which are written; that no one of you be puffed up for the one against the other.

7For who maketh thee to differ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? but if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it?

8Already are ye filled, already ye are become rich, ye have come to reign without us: yea and I would that ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.

9For, I think, God hath set forth us the apostles last of all, as men doomed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, both to angels and men.

10We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye have glory, but we have dishonor.

11Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place;

12and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

13being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even until now.

14I write not these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.

15For though ye have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I begat you through the gospel.

16I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me.

17For this cause have I sent unto you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who shall put you in remembrance of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every church.

18Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.

19But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will; and I will know, not the word of them that are puffed up, but the power.

20For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

21What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?

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Parallel translations · 1 Corinthians 4:1

WEB · World English Bible (2000)

Let a man so account of us, as of ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

KJV · King James Version (1611)

Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

ASV · American Standard Version (1901)

Let a man so account of us, as of ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

BBE · Bible in Basic English (1949)

Let us be judged as servants of Christ, and as those who are responsible for the secret things of God.

YLT · Young's Literal Translation (1862)

Let a man so reckon us as officers of Christ, and stewards of the secrets of God,

DRA · Douay-Rheims (Challoner) (1752)

Let a man so account of us as of the ministers of Christ and the dispensers of the mysteries of God.

DBY · Darby Bible (1890)

Let a man so account of us as servants of Christ, and stewards of [the] mysteries ofGod.

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — verses that illuminate 1 Corinthians 4:1.

  • 2 Corinthians 4:5

    For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.

  • Luke 8:10

    And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to the rest in parables; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

  • 2 Corinthians 11:23

    Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I more; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths oft.

  • Titus 1:7

    For the bishop must be blameless, as God’s steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, no brawler, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre;

  • 1 Corinthians 9:16

    For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of; for necessity is laid upon me; for woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel.

  • 1 Timothy 3:16

    And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness; He who was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the spirit, Seen of angels, Preached among the nations, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.

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