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

⁴ But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

⁷ Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.

²³ If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

²⁵ Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;