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1 Corinthians 4
Revised Standard Version
1 Corinthians 4
Revised Standard Version
The Ministry of the Apostles
4 This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2 Moreover it is required of stewards that they be found trustworthy. 3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court. I do not even judge myself. 4 I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me. 5 Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then every man will receive his commendation from God.
6 I have applied all this to myself and Apol′los for your benefit, brethren, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against another. 7 For who sees anything different in you? What have you that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if it were not a gift?
8 Already you are filled! Already you have become rich! Without us you have become kings! And would that you did reign, so that we might share the rule with you! 9 For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death; because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels and to men. 10 We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. 11 To the present hour we hunger and thirst, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless, 12 and we labor, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; 13 when slandered, we try to conciliate; we have become, and are now, as the refuse of the world, the offscouring of all things.
Fatherly Admonition
14 I do not write this to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children. 15 For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. 16 I urge you, then, be imitators of me. 17 Therefore I sent[a] to you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church. 18 Some are arrogant, as though I were not coming to you. 19 But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will find out not the talk of these arrogant people but their power. 20 For the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power. 21 What do you wish? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love in a spirit of gentleness?
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 4:17 Or am sending
1 Corinthians 4
New International Version
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 Corinto 4
Ang Dating Biblia (1905)
1 Corinto 4
Ang Dating Biblia (1905)
4 Ipalagay nga kami ng sinoman na mga ministro ni Cristo, at mga katiwala ng mga hiwaga ng Dios.
2 Bukod dito'y kinakailangan sa mga katiwala, na ang bawa't isa ay maging tapat.
3 Datapuwa't sa ganang akin ay isang bagay na totoong maliit ang ako'y siyasatin ninyo, o ng pagsisiyasat ng tao: oo, ako'y hindi nagsisiyasat sa aking sarili.
4 Sapagka't wala akong nalalamang anomang laban sa aking sarili; bagaman hindi dahil dito'y inaaring-ganap ako: sapagka't ang nagsisiyasat sa akin ay ang Panginoon.
5 Kaya nga huwag muna kayong magsihatol ng anoman, hanggang sa dumating ang Panginoon, na siya ang maghahayag ng mga bagay na nalilihim sa kadiliman, at ipahahayag naman ang mga haka ng mga puso; at kung magkagayon ang bawa't isa ay magkakaroon ng kapurihan sa Dios.
6 Ang mga bagay ngang ito, mga kapatid, ay inianyo ko sa halimbawa sa aking sarili at kay Apolos dahil sa inyo; upang sa amin ay mangatuto kayo na huwag magsihigit sa mga bagay na nangasusulat; upang ang sinoman sa inyo ay huwag magpalalo ang isa laban sa iba.
7 Sapagka't sino ang gumawa na ikaw ay matangi? at anong nasa iyo na hindi mo tinanggap? nguni't kung tinanggap mo, ay bakit mo ipinagmamapuri na tulad sa hindi mo tinanggap?
8 Kayo'y mga busog na, kayo'y mayayaman na, kayo'y nangaghari nang wala kami: at ibig ko sanang mangaghari kayo, upang kami nama'y mangagharing kasama ninyo.
9 Sapagka't iniisip ko, na pinalitaw ng Dios kaming mga apostol na mga kahulihulihan sa lahat, na tulad sa mga itinalaga sa kamatayan: sapagka't kami'y ginawang panoorin ng sanglibutan, at ng mga anghel, at ng mga tao.
10 Kami'y mga mangmang dahil kay Cristo, nguni't kayo'y marurunong kay Cristo; kami'y mahihina, nguni't kayo'y malalakas; kayo'y may karangalan, datapuwa't kami ay walang kapurihan.
11 Hanggang sa oras na ito'y nangagugutom kami, at nangauuhaw, at mga hubad, at mga tinampal, at wala kaming tiyak na tahanan;
12 At kami'y nangagpapagal, na nangagsisigawa ng aming sariling mga kamay: bagama't inuupasala, ay kami'y nangagpapala; bagama't mga pinaguusig, ay nangagtitiis kami;
13 Bagama't mga sinisiraangpuri, ay aming pinamamanhikan: kami'y naging tulad ng yagit sa sanglibutan, sukal ng lahat ng mga bagay hanggang ngayon.
14 Hindi ko isinusulat ang mga bagay na ito upang kayo'y hiyain, kundi upang paalalahanan kayong tulad sa aking mga minamahal na anak.
15 Sapagka't bagaman mangagkaroon kayo ng sampung libong mga guro kay Cristo, ay wala nga kayong maraming mga ama; sapagka't kay Cristo Jesus ipinanganak ko kayo sa pamamagitan ng evangelio.
16 Ipinamamanhik ko nga sa inyo, na kayo'y maging mga tagatulad sa akin.
17 Dahil dito'y aking sinugo sa inyo si Timoteo, na aking minamahal at tapat na anak sa Panginoon, na siya ang sa inyo'y magpapaalaala ng aking mga daang nanga kay Cristo, gaya ng itinuturo ko saan mang dako sa bawa't iglesia.
18 Ang mga iba nga'y nangagpapalalo, na waring hindi na ako mapapariyan sa inyo.
19 Nguni't ako'y paririyan agad sa inyo, kung loloobin ng Panginoon; at aking aalamin, hindi ang salita ng nangagpapalalo, kundi ang kapangyarihan.
20 Sapagka't ang kaharian ng Dios ay hindi sa salita, kundi sa kapangyarihan.
21 Anong ibig ninyo? paririyan baga ako sa inyo na may panghampas, o sa pagibig, at sa espiritu ng kahinahunan?
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