1 Corinthians 4
New American Standard Bible
Servants of Christ
4 This is the way any person is to regard us: as (A)servants of Christ and (B)stewards of (C)the mysteries of God. 2 In this case, moreover, it is required [a]of stewards that one be found trustworthy. 3 But to me it is an insignificant matter that I would be examined by you, or by any human [b]court; in fact, I do not even examine myself. 4 For I (D)am not aware of anything against myself; however I am not (E)vindicated by this, but the one who examines me is the Lord. 5 Therefore (F)do not go on [c]passing judgment before [d]the time, but wait (G)until the Lord comes, who will both (H)bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of human hearts; and then (I)praise will come to each person from God.
6 Now these things, brothers and sisters, I have figuratively applied to myself and Apollos on your account, so that in us you may learn not to exceed (J)what is written, so that no one of you will (K)become [e]arrogant (L)in behalf of one against the other. 7 For who considers you as superior? (M)What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?
8 You are (N)already filled, you have already become rich, you have become kings without us; and indeed, I wish that you had become kings so that we also might reign with you! 9 For I think, God has exhibited us, the apostles, last of all as men (O)condemned to death, because we (P)have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to mankind. 10 We are (Q)fools on account of Christ, but (R)you are prudent in Christ! (S)We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are without honor! 11 Up to this present hour we are both (T)hungry and thirsty, and are poorly clothed and roughly treated and homeless; 12 and we labor, (U)working with our own hands; when we are (V)verbally abused, we bless; when we are (W)persecuted, we endure it; 13 when we are slandered, we [f]reply as friends; we have (X)become as the scum of the world, the dregs of all things, even until now.
14 I do not write these things to (Y)shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved (Z)children. 15 For if you were to have countless (AA)tutors in Christ, yet you would not have many fathers, for in (AB)Christ Jesus I (AC)became your father through the (AD)gospel. 16 Therefore I urge you, be (AE)imitators of me. 17 For this reason I (AF)have sent to you (AG)Timothy, who is my (AH)beloved and faithful child in the Lord, and he will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, (AI)just as I teach everywhere in every church. 18 Now some have become [g](AJ)arrogant, as though I were not (AK)coming to you. 19 But I (AL)will come to you soon, (AM)if the Lord wills, and I shall find out, not the [h]words of those who are (AN)arrogant, but their power. 20 For the kingdom of God is (AO)not in [i]words, but in power. 21 What do you desire? (AP)That I come to you with a rod, or with love and a spirit of gentleness?
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 4:2 Lit in
- 1 Corinthians 4:3 Lit day
- 1 Corinthians 4:5 Lit judging anything
- 1 Corinthians 4:5 I.e., the appointed time of judgment
- 1 Corinthians 4:6 Lit puffed up
- 1 Corinthians 4:13 Or conciliate
- 1 Corinthians 4:18 Lit puffed up
- 1 Corinthians 4:19 Lit word
- 1 Corinthians 4:20 Lit word
1 Corinthians 4
New King James Version
Stewards of the Mysteries of God
4 Let a man so consider us, as (A)servants of Christ (B)and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2 Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful. 3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by a human [a]court. In fact, I do not even judge myself. 4 For I know of nothing against myself, yet I am not justified by this; but He who judges me is the Lord. 5 (C)Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to (D)light the hidden things of darkness and (E)reveal the [b]counsels of the hearts. (F)Then each one’s praise will come from God.
Fools for Christ’s Sake
6 Now these things, brethren, I have figuratively transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that you may learn in us not to think beyond what is written, that none of you may be [c]puffed up on behalf of one against the other. 7 For who [d]makes you differ from another? And (G)what do you have that you did not receive? Now if you did indeed receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?
8 You are already full! (H)You are already rich! You have reigned as kings without us—and indeed I could wish you did reign, that we also might reign with you! 9 For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last, as men condemned to death; for we have been made a (I)spectacle [e]to the world, both to angels and to men. 10 We are (J)fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ! (K)We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are dishonored! 11 To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and we are poorly clothed, and beaten, and homeless. 12 (L)And we labor, working with our own hands. (M)Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure; 13 being defamed, we [f]entreat. (N)We have been made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things until now.
Paul’s Paternal Care
14 I do not write these things to shame you, but (O)as my beloved children I warn you. 15 For though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for (P)in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. 16 Therefore I urge you, (Q)imitate me. 17 For this reason I have sent (R)Timothy to you, (S)who is my beloved and faithful son in the Lord, who will (T)remind you of my ways in Christ, as I (U)teach everywhere (V)in every church.
18 (W)Now some are [g]puffed up, as though I were not coming to you. 19 (X)But I will come to you shortly, (Y)if the Lord wills, and I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power. 20 For (Z)the kingdom of God is not in word but in (AA)power. 21 What do you want? (AB)Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 4:3 Lit. day
- 1 Corinthians 4:5 motives
- 1 Corinthians 4:6 arrogant
- 1 Corinthians 4:7 distinguishes you
- 1 Corinthians 4:9 Lit. theater
- 1 Corinthians 4:13 exhort, encourage
- 1 Corinthians 4:18 arrogant
1 Corinto 4
Ang Pulong Sa Dios
Ang mga Apostoles ni Cristo
4 Busa isipa ninyo kami nga mga alagad ni Cristo nga gisaligan sa Dios sa pagpasabot sa kamatuoran nga iyang gitago kaniadto. 2 Ug ang tawo nga gisaligan kinahanglan magpakita nga kasaligan gayod siya.
3 Walay bali kanako kon unsa ang pag-ila ninyo o ni bisan kinsa kanako. Ako gani mismo dili makaingon nga ang akong pag-alagad sa Dios maayo o dili. 4 Hinuon limpyo ang akong konsensya, apan wala kana magkahulogan nga wala na akoy sala. Ang Ginoo lang gayod ang makaingon kon husto o dili ang akong gibuhat. 5 Busa ayaw kamo paghukom sa dili pa moabot ang husto nga panahon. Hulata ninyo ang pag-abot sa Ginoo. Mao kana ang panahon nga ipadayag niya ang mga sekreto ug mga motibo sa kada usa. Unya makadawat ug pagdayeg gikan sa Dios ang kada usa sumala sa iyang mga gibuhat.
6 Mga igsoon, gigamit ko ang akong kaugalingon ug si Apolos isip sumbanan, aron makat-onan ninyo ang gi-ingon nga “Ayaw pasobrahi ang giingon sa Kasulatan.” Busa ayaw ninyo ipasigarbo ang usa sa pag-ingon nga mas maayo siya kaysa usa. 7 Nganong naghuna-huna kamo nga mas maayo gayod kamo kaysa uban? Unsa ang anaa kaninyo nga wala maggikan sa Dios? Ug kon naggikan man kana sa Dios, nganong ipasigarbo ninyo nga daw sa inyo gayod?
8 Naghuna-huna kamo nga wala nay nakulang kaninyo, mga adunahan na kamo ug nagahari na sa gingharian sa Dios bisan kon kami wala pa. Maayo gayod unta kon nagahari na kamo aron makahari usab kami uban kaninyo. 9 Alang kanako, kaming mga apostoles morag gibutang sa Dios sa labing ubos nga kahimtang. Sama kami sa mga hinukman nga patyon ug nahimong talan-awon sa tibuok kalibotan, sa tanang mga tawo ug sa tanang mga anghel. 10 Tungod sa among pagtudlo mahitungod kang Cristo, nakaingon ang mga tawo nga mga buang kami. Apan kamo naghuna-huna nga mga maalam kamo tungod kay anaa kamo kang Cristo. Mga maluya kami, apan sa inyong hunahuna, kamo lig-on. Gidayeg pa kamo sa mga tawo, apan kami gitamay lang nila. 11 Hangtod gani karon giantos namo ang kagutom ug kauhaw, ug kulang kami sa bisti. Gidagmalan kami sa mga tawo, ug wala kamiy kaugalingong balay. 12 Nagtrabaho kami ug nagpasingot aron lang mabuhi. Giampo namo ang mga tawo nga nagpasipala kanamo nga kaloy-an sila sa Dios. Giantos lang namo ang mga paglutos sa mga tawo. 13 Gipakaulawan kami, apan gibalosan namog kalumo. Hangtod karon, sa hunahuna sa mga tawo kami labing ubos ug morag basura lang.
14 Wala ako magsulat niini sa tuyo nga pakaulawan kamo, kondili gusto ko nga matudloan kamo isip mga hinigugma ko nga mga anak. 15 Kay bisan daghan ang nagatudlo kaninyo mahitungod kang Cristo, ako lang gayod ang inyong amahan sa pagtuo. Mga anak ko kamo sa pagtuo diha kang Cristo Jesus tungod kay ako ang nagdala diha kaninyo sa Maayong Balita. 16 Busa gihangyo ko kamo nga sundon ninyo ang akong gibuhat. 17 Mao kana ang hinungdan nga gipadala ko diha kaninyo si Timoteo nga akong hinigugma ug kasaligan nga anak sa Ginoo, aron magpahinumdom siya kaninyo sa akong mga pamaagi sa pagkinabuhi isip sumusunod ni Cristo. Kini nga mga pamaagi ako usab nga gitudlo sa mga tumutuo sa bisan asang lugar.
18 Ang uban kaninyo mapahitas-on na, kay abi nila ug dili na ako moanha diha. 19 Apan kon itugot sa Ginoo, moanha ako diha sa labing madali. Ug tan-awon ko gayod kon unsa ang mahimo nianang mga tawhana nga hilabihan kamapahitas-on manulti. 20 Kay ang tinuod, kon ang Dios mao ang nagahari sa atong kinabuhi, masayran usab kini sa uban pinaagi sa atong mga binuhatan ug dili lang sa atong pagsulti. 21 Busa unsa ang inyong pilion? Moanha ba ako diha nga masuk-anon o mahigugmaon ug may kalumo?
1 Corinthians 4
King James Version
4 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
3 But 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.
4 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
6 And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.
7 For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
8 Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.
9 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.
11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
12 And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
13 Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.
14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
15 For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.
18 Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.
19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.
20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
21 What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
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