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1 Coríntios 4
Nova Traduҫão na Linguagem de Hoje 2000
1 Coríntios 4
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Apóstolos de Cristo
4 Vocês nos devem tratar como servidores de Cristo, que foram encarregados de administrar a realização dos planos secretos de Deus. 2 O que se exige de quem tem essa responsabilidade é que seja fiel ao seu Senhor. 3 Mas para mim não tem a menor importância ser julgado por vocês ou por um tribunal humano. Eu não julgo nem a mim mesmo. 4 A minha consciência está limpa, mas isso não prova que sou, de fato, inocente. Quem me julga é o Senhor. 5 Portanto, não julguem ninguém antes da hora; esperem o julgamento final, quando o Senhor vier. Ele trará para a luz os segredos escondidos no escuro e mostrará as intenções que estão no coração das pessoas. Então cada um receberá de Deus os elogios que merece.
6 Meus irmãos, é para instruir vocês que eu tenho aplicado essas lições a mim mesmo e a Apolo. Usei nós dois como um exemplo, para que vocês aprendam o que quer dizer o ditado: “Obedeça ao que está escrito.” Ninguém deve se orgulhar de uma pessoa e desprezar outra. 7 Quem é que fez você superior aos outros? Por acaso não foi Deus quem lhe deu tudo o que você tem? Então por que é que você fica todo orgulhoso como se o que você tem não fosse dado por Deus?
8 Pelo que parece, vocês já têm tudo o que precisam! Já são ricos! Vocês já se tornaram reis, e nós, não! Que bom se vocês fossem reis de verdade, para que nós pudéssemos reinar junto com vocês! 9 Porque me parece que Deus pôs a nós, os apóstolos, no último lugar. Somos como as pessoas condenadas a morrer em público, como espetáculo para o mundo inteiro, tanto para os anjos como para os seres humanos. 10 Por causa de Cristo nós somos loucos, mas vocês são sábios por estarem unidos com ele. Nós somos fracos, e vocês são fortes; vocês são respeitados, e nós somos desprezados. 11 Até agora temos passado fome e sede. Temos nos vestido com trapos, temos recebido bofetadas e não temos lugar certo para morar. 12 Temos nos cansado de trabalhar para nos sustentar. Quando somos amaldiçoados, nós abençoamos. Quando somos perseguidos, aguentamos com paciência. 13 Quando somos insultados, respondemos com palavras delicadas. Somos considerados como lixo, e até agora somos tratados como a imundície deste mundo.
14 Não estou escrevendo essas coisas para envergonhar vocês, mas para ensiná-los como se vocês fossem meus próprios filhos queridos. 15 Mesmo que vocês tivessem milhares de mestres na fé cristã, não poderiam ter mais de um pai. Pois, quando levei a vocês o evangelho, eu me tornei o pai de vocês na vida que vivem em união com Cristo Jesus. 16 Portanto, eu peço que sigam o meu exemplo. 17 Por isso estou enviando para vocês Timóteo, que é meu querido e fiel filho no Senhor. Ele vai ajudá-los a lembrarem dos caminhos que sigo na nova vida que tenho em união com Cristo Jesus, caminhos esses que ensino em todas as igrejas.
18 Alguns de vocês ficaram orgulhosos, certos de que eu não iria visitá-los. 19 Porém, se o Senhor quiser, eu vou visitá-los logo. Então vou saber o que esses orgulhosos são capazes de fazer e não somente o que eles são capazes de dizer. 20 Pois o Reino de Deus não é coisa de palavras, mas de poder. 21 O que é que vocês preferem: que eu vá até vocês com um chicote ou com o coração cheio de amor e bondade?
1 Corinthians 4
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1 Corinthians 4
New International Version
The Nature of True Apostleship
4 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. 2 Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful. 3 I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself. 4 My conscience(D) is clear, but that does not make me innocent.(E) It is the Lord who judges me.(F) 5 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)
6 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) 7 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?
8 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! 9 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?
1 Corinthians 4
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
1 Corinthians 4
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
4 So then, let us [apostles] be looked upon as ministering servants of Christ and stewards (trustees) of the mysteries (the secret purposes) of God.
2 Moreover, it is [essentially] required of stewards that a man should be found faithful [proving himself worthy of trust].
3 But [as for me personally] it matters very little to me that I should be put on trial by you [on this point], and that you or any other human tribunal should investigate and question and cross-question me. I do not even put myself on trial and judge myself.
4 I am not conscious of anything against myself, and I feel blameless; but I am not vindicated and acquitted before God on that account. It is the Lord [Himself] Who examines and judges me.
5 So do not make any hasty or premature judgments before the time when the Lord comes [again], for He will both bring to light the secret things that are [now hidden] in darkness and disclose and expose the [secret] aims (motives and purposes) of hearts. Then every man will receive his [due] commendation from God.
6 Now I have applied all this [about parties and factions] to myself and Apollos for your sakes, brethren, so that from what I have said of us [as illustrations], you may learn [to think of men in accordance with Scripture and] not to go beyond that which is written, that none of you may be puffed up and inflated with pride and boast in favor of one [minister and teacher] against another.
7 For who separates you from the others [as a faction leader]? [Who makes you superior and sets you apart from another, giving you the preeminence?] What have you that was not given to you? If then you received it [from someone], why do you boast as if you had not received [but had gained it by your own efforts]?
8 [[a]You behave as if] you are already filled and think you have enough [you are full and content, feeling no need of anything more]! Already you have become rich [in spiritual gifts and graces]! [Without any counsel or instruction from us, in your conceit], you have ascended your thrones and come into your kingdom without including us! And would that it were true and that you did reign, so that we might be sharing the kingdom with you!
9 For it seems to me that God has made an exhibit of us apostles, exposing us to view last [of all, like men in a triumphal procession who are] sentenced to death [and displayed at the end of the line]. For we have become a spectacle to the world [a show in the world’s amphitheater] with both men and angels [as spectators].
10 We are [looked upon as] fools on account of Christ and for His sake, but you are [supposedly] so amazingly wise and prudent in Christ! We are weak, but you are [so very] strong! You are highly esteemed, but we are in disrepute and contempt!
11 To this hour we have gone both hungry and thirsty; we [[b]habitually] wear but one undergarment [and shiver in the cold]; we are roughly knocked about and wander around homeless.
12 And we still toil unto weariness [for our living], working hard with our own hands. When men revile us [[c]wound us with an accursed sting], we bless them. When we are persecuted, we take it patiently and endure it.
13 When we are slandered and defamed, we [try to] answer softly and bring comfort. We have been made and are now the rubbish and filth of the world [the offscouring of all things, the scum of the earth].
14 I do not write this to shame you, but to warn and counsel you as my beloved children.
15 After all, though you should have ten thousand teachers (guides to direct you) in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the glad tidings (the Gospel).
16 So I urge and implore you, be imitators of me.
17 For this very cause I sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved and trustworthy child in the Lord, who will recall to your minds my methods of proceeding and course of conduct and way of life in Christ, such as I teach everywhere in each of the churches.
18 Some of you have become conceited and arrogant and pretentious, counting on my not coming to you.
19 But I will come to you [and] shortly, if the Lord is willing, and then I will perceive and understand not what the talk of these puffed up and arrogant spirits amount to, but their force ([d]the moral power and excellence of soul they really possess).
20 For the kingdom of God consists of and is based on not talk but power ([e]moral power and excellence of soul).
21 Now which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod of correction, or with love and in a spirit of gentleness?
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 4:8 Henry Alford, The Greek New Testament, with Notes.
- 1 Corinthians 4:11 Alexander Souter, Pocket Lexicon of the Greek New Testament.
- 1 Corinthians 4:12 Kenneth Wuest, Word Studies in the Greek New Testament.
- 1 Corinthians 4:19 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- 1 Corinthians 4:20 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
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