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1 Corinthians 4

¹So let us be considered as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. ²Further it is sought in stewards that a person be found faithful. ³But with me it is a very little thing that I should be judged by you or by any human judge. ⁴For I know nothing against myself, but it is not in this that I am justified. It is the Lord who judges me. ⁵So that not before the time you should judge anyone until the Lord comes, who will also make light the hidden things of the darkness and will reveal the desires of our hearts. And then the praise will come to each from God.

⁶But these things, brethren, I applied to myself and Apollos because of you, so than in us you might learn the meaning of "Nothing beyond what is written," so that no one should be puffed up above the other. ⁷For who will judge you? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you also received, what do you have to boast about as recipients? ⁸You are already satisfied! You are already rich! You have already become kings without our help! It would be nice if you had become kings, so that we could reign with you. ⁹For I think that God has put us apostles on display as the last, as men about to die, because we have become like a drama to the whole world, to angels and to human beings. ¹⁰We are fools because of Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. We are honored, we are disreputable. ¹¹Until now we are hungry and thirsty. We go naked, we are beaten and are homeless. ¹²And we tire ourselves out working with our own hands. When we are reviled, we bless, when we are persecuted, we take it, ¹³slandered we encourage. We are still like the refuse of the world, the scum of all.

¹⁴I don't write these things to you to shame you, but to guide you as beloved children. ¹⁵For you may have many teachers in Christ, but not many fathers. For I gave birth to you in Christ Jesus through the good news. ¹⁶I urge you then, imitate me. ¹⁷For this reason I sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you o my ways in Christ Jesus just as I teach in all the churches everywhere. ¹⁸Some have become arrogant because they think I'm not coming to you. ¹⁹But I will come to you quickly if the Lord wills, and I will know not the word of those who are arrogant, but their power. ²⁰For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. ²¹What do you want? Shall I come to you wiht a rod, or in love with a gentle spirit?

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