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Da Guys Christ Send All Ova

So den, tink bout us guys lidis: We Christʼs helpas. God wen make us guys fo take care his stuff dat was secret befo time. Da guy dat goin take care his bossʼs stuffs, he gotta be da kine guy dat goin do wat he suppose to. No bodda me wat you guys tink bout da stuff I doing, o wat da odda peopo tink. I no even ack like one judge fo my own self. My heart tell me I okay, but dat no mean I okay. Da Boss, he da Judge fo wat I do. So, no make like you guys stay da judge fo odda peopo. Wait till da Boss come back. He da One goin bring out in da light, all da bad kine stuff da peopo try hide in da dark. He goin show all da tings dat dey tinking inside dea heart. Den God goin talk good bout da good tings everybody wen do.

Bruddas an sistas, I wen talk bout me an Apollos, jalike I draw picha fo help you guys learn dis one ting from us guys: Ony do wat da Bible tell. If you guys learn dat, den you guys no goin talk big cuz you stay tight wit one a us guys an you make like da odda guy notting. So, wat? You guys tink you diffren from all da odda peopo? Everyting you guys get, God wen give um to you. So den, wen you guys get da stuffs, how come you guys ack all big head, jalike you guys wen get um by yoaself?

So! You guys tink you get everyting you need awready! Jalike you guys rich, aah? You guys ack big, jalike kings, an us guys not! Fo shua, I like you guys come kings fo real kine, so us guys can come kings wit you guys too!

Us guys dat God wen send all ova da place fo tell peopo bout Christ. I tink bout us guys lidis: God wen put us guys at da end a da line, jalike prisonas ready fo mahke. We jalike one show fo da peopo inside da world, an fo da angel messenja guys too. 10 Peopo tink we stupid cuz we Christʼs guys, but dey tink you guys mo smart cuz you stay tight wit him! Us guys no stay strong, but you guys stay plenny strong! Peopo get respeck fo you guys, but dey no mo respeck fo us guys. 11 Even now we stay hungry, but we still no mo food, an no mo notting fo drink. We ony get puka kine clotheses. Peopo beat us wit sticks. We no mo place fo stay. 12 Eh, we work hard wit our hands. Wen dey talk any kine to us, we tell um, “We like God do good tings fo you guys.” Wen dey bus us up an make us suffa plenny, we still hang in dea. 13 Wen dey talk stink bout us, we talk good to dem. Dey tink us guys pilau. We jalike da rubbish from da world dat dey like throw way.

14 Eh! I no write dis fo make you guys shame, but cuz I get love an aloha fo you guys jalike you my kids. Dass why I telling you guys dat you guys get problem. 15 Get uku plenny guys dat teach you guys cuz you stay tight wit Christ. But you guys get ony one fadda, dass me! I stay tight wit Jesus Christ, dass why I wen tell you guys da Good Kine Stuff From God first time, an you guys wen go trus um. Az why I jalike you guys fadda. 16 So I beg you guys fo make jalike me.

17 So az why I stay send Timoty fo help you guys. I love him jalike he my own boy. He one guy I trus, cuz he stay tight wit da Boss too. He goin help you guys fo rememba da way I do everyting cuz I stay tight wit Jesus, Godʼs Spesho Guy. Dass jalike how I stay teach da peopo dat come togedda fo church all ova da place.

18 But some a you guys ack big head, cuz you tink I no going ova dea by you guys. 19 But if da Boss like, I goin come Corint side soon. Den I goin find out if dese guys dat ack big head ony mout, o if fo real dey get power! 20 Cuz God stay King, an he not ony mout. He get da real kine power. 21 So, wat you guys like? I come ova dea scold an punish you? O come ova dea, an give you guys love an aloha an no make presha?

The Nature of True Apostleship

This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants(A) of Christ and as those entrusted(B) with the mysteries(C) God has revealed. Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful. I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself. My conscience(D) is clear, but that does not make me innocent.(E) It is the Lord who judges me.(F) Therefore judge nothing(G) before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes.(H) He will bring to light(I) what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God.(J)

Now, brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying, “Do not go beyond what is written.”(K) Then you will not be puffed up in being a follower of one of us over against the other.(L) For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive?(M) And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?

Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich!(N) You have begun to reign—and that without us! How I wish that you really had begun to reign so that we also might reign with you! For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of the procession, like those condemned to die(O) in the arena. We have been made a spectacle(P) to the whole universe, to angels as well as to human beings. 10 We are fools for Christ,(Q) but you are so wise in Christ!(R) We are weak, but you are strong!(S) You are honored, we are dishonored! 11 To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.(T) 12 We work hard with our own hands.(U) When we are cursed, we bless;(V) when we are persecuted,(W) we endure it; 13 when we are slandered, we answer kindly. We have become the scum of the earth, the garbage(X) of the world—right up to this moment.

Paul’s Appeal and Warning

14 I am writing this not to shame you(Y) but to warn you as my dear children.(Z) 15 Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father(AA) through the gospel.(AB) 16 Therefore I urge you to imitate me.(AC) 17 For this reason I have sent to you(AD) Timothy,(AE) my son(AF) whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which agrees with what I teach everywhere in every church.(AG)

18 Some of you have become arrogant,(AH) as if I were not coming to you.(AI) 19 But I will come to you very soon,(AJ) if the Lord is willing,(AK) and then I will find out not only how these arrogant people are talking, but what power they have. 20 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of(AL) talk but of power.(AM) 21 What do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod of discipline,(AN) or shall I come in love and with a gentle spirit?