1 Corinto 4
Ang Bagong Tipan: Filipino Standard Version
Ang Gawain ng mga Apostol
4 Kaya't dapat kaming ituring ng tao bilang mga tagapaglingkod ni Cristo, at mga katiwala ng mga hiwaga ng Diyos. 2 Bukod dito, inaasahan sa mga katiwala na sila'y matagpuang tapat. 3 Ngunit para sa akin ay napakaliit na bagay ang hatulan ninyo ako o ng hukuman ng tao. Ni hindi nga ako humahatol sa aking sarili. 4 Sapagkat wala akong nalalamang anuman laban sa aking sarili, ngunit hindi ibig sabihin nito na ako'y walang sala. Ang humahatol sa akin ay ang Panginoon. 5 Kaya't huwag kayong humatol ng anuman nang wala pa sa takdang panahon, hanggang sa dumating ang Panginoon, na siyang magdadala ng liwanag ng mga bagay na nakatago sa kadiliman, at magbubunyag sa mga hangarin ng mga puso. Pagkatapos, ang bawat isa ay magkakaroon ng papuri mula sa Diyos.
6 Ang mga bagay na ito, mga kapatid, ay ginamit kong halimbawa sa aking sarili at kay Apolos para sa inyo, upang sa pamamagitan namin ay matutuhan ninyo ito: Huwag lumampas sa mga bagay na nasusulat. Sa gayon, ang sinuman sa inyo ay hindi maging palalò laban sa iba. 7 Sapagkat sino ang nagsasabing naiiba ka? At ano ang mayroon ka na hindi mo tinanggap? At kung tinanggap mo, bakit mo ipinagmamalaki na parang hindi mo ito tinanggap? 8 Nasa inyo na ang lahat ng gusto ninyo! Mayayaman na kayo! Naging mga hari kayo kahit wala kami! Naging hari nga sana kayo upang kami ay naging hari ding kasama ninyo. 9 Sapagkat sa palagay ko, kaming mga apostol ay ipinakita ng Diyos na pinakahuli sa lahat, tulad ng mga taong nahatulan ng kamatayan, sapagkat kami ay naging isang palabas na pinanonood ng sanlibutan, ng mga anghel, at ng mga tao. 10 Kami'y mga hangal dahil kay Cristo! Ngunit kayo'y marurunong kay Cristo. Kami ay mahihina, ngunit kayo'y malalakas! Kayo ay pinararangalan ngunit kami ay hinahamak! 11 Hanggang sa oras na ito ay nagugutom kami, nauuhaw, mga hubad, binubugbog, at mga pagala-gala, 12 at nagpapagod kami sa pagtatrabaho sa pamamagitan ng sarili naming mga kamay. Kapag kami'y nilalait, gumaganti kami ng pagpapala, kapag pinahihirapan, kami'y nagtitiis; 13 at kapag inaalipusta, magalang kaming sumasagot. Hanggang ngayon ay para kaming mga basura ng daigdig, dumi ng lahat ng mga bagay.
14 Hindi ko isinusulat ang mga ito upang kayo'y hiyain, kundi upang kayo ay pagpayuhan bilang aking mga minamahal na anak. 15 Sapagkat kahit magkaroon pa kayo kay Cristo ng libu-libong mga tagapagturo ay hindi naman marami ang inyong ama; sapagkat kay Cristo Jesus ako ang naging ama ninyo sa pamamagitan ng ebanghelyo. 16 Kaya't nakikiusap ako, tumulad kayo sa akin. 17 Dahil dito, pinapunta ko sa inyo si Timoteo na aking minamahal at tapat na anak sa Panginoon, na siyang magpapaalala sa inyo ng aking pagtalima kay Cristo Jesus[a] katulad ng itinuturo ko sa bawat iglesya sa lahat ng dako. 18 Ngunit may mayayabang na para bang hindi na ako darating sa inyo. 19 Ngunit ako'y darating agad sa inyo, kung loloobin ng Panginoon, at malalaman ko, hindi lamang ang sinasabi ng mga taong nagyayabang diyan, kundi ang kanilang kapangyarihan. 20 Sapagkat ang kaharian ng Diyos ay hindi sa pananalita lamang, kundi sa kapangyarihan. 21 Ano'ng gusto ninyo? Pumunta ako riyan na may dalang pamalo, o may pagmamahal at may kaamuan?
Footnotes
- 1 Corinto 4:17 Sa ibang manuskrito Cristo; sa iba, Panginoong Jesus.
1 Corinthians 4
Common English Bible
Paul’s role as an apostle
4 So a person should think about us this way—as servants of Christ and managers of God’s secrets. 2 In this kind of situation, what is expected of a manager is that they prove to be faithful. 3 I couldn’t care less if I’m judged by you or by any human court; I don’t even judge myself. 4 I’m not aware of anything against me, but that doesn’t make me innocent, because the Lord is the one who judges me. 5 So don’t judge anything before the right time—wait until the Lord comes. He will bring things that are hidden in the dark to light, and he will make people’s motivations public. Then there will be recognition for each person from God.
6 Brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit. I’ve done this so that you can learn what it means not to go beyond what has been written and so none of you will become arrogant by supporting one of us against the other. 7 Who says that you are better than anyone else? What do you have that you didn’t receive? And if you received it, then why are you bragging as if you didn’t receive it? 8 You’ve been filled already! You’ve become rich already! You rule like kings without us! I wish you did rule so that we could be kings with you! 9 I suppose that God has shown that we apostles are at the end of the line. We are like prisoners sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle in the world, both to angels and to humans. 10 We are fools for Christ, but you are wise through Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, but we are dishonored! 11 Up to this very moment we are hungry, thirsty, wearing rags, abused, and homeless. 12 We work hard with our own hands. When we are insulted, we respond with a blessing; when we are harassed, we put up with it; 13 when our reputation is attacked, we are encouraging. We have become the scum of the earth, the waste that runs off everything, up to the present time.
14 I’m not writing these things to make you ashamed but to warn you, since you are my loved children. 15 You may have ten thousand mentors in Christ, but you don’t have many fathers. I gave birth to you in Christ Jesus through the gospel, 16 so I encourage you to follow my example. 17 This is why I’ve sent Timothy to you; he’s my loved and trusted child in the Lord; he’ll remind you about my way of life in Christ Jesus. He’ll teach the same way as I teach everywhere in every church. 18 Some have become arrogant as if I’m not coming to see you. 19 But, if the Lord is willing, I’ll come to you soon. Then I won’t focus on what these arrogant people say, but I’ll find out what power they possess. 20 God’s kingdom isn’t about words but about power. 21 Which do you want? Should I come to you with a big stick to punish you, or with love and a gentle spirit?
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
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