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1 Corinthians 4

Servants of Christ

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Let a man regard us in this manner, as  aservants of Christ and  bstewards of  cthe mysteries of God.

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In this case, moreover, it is required  1of stewards that one be found trustworthy.

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But to me it is a very small thing that I may be examined by you, or by any human  1court; in fact, I do not even examine myself.

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For I  aam conscious of nothing against myself, yet I am not by this  bacquitted; but the one who examines me is the Lord.

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Therefore  ado not go on  1passing judgment before  2the time, but wait  buntil the Lord comes who will both  cbring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men's hearts; and then each man's  dpraise will come to him from God.

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Now these things, brethren, I have figuratively applied to myself and Apollos for your sakes, so that in us you may learn not to exceed  awhat is written, so that no one of you will  bbecome  1arrogant  cin behalf of one against the other.

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For who regards you as superior?  aWhat 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?

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You are  aalready 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.

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For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as men  acondemned to death; because we  bhave become a spectacle to the world,  1both to angels and to men.

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We are  afools for Christ's sake, but  byou are prudent in Christ;  cwe are weak, but you are strong; you are distinguished, but we are without honor.

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To this present hour we are both  ahungry and thirsty, and are poorly clothed, and are roughly treated, and are homeless;

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and we toil,  aworking with our own hands; when we are  breviled, we bless; when we are  cpersecuted, we endure;

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when we are slandered, we try to  1conciliate; we have  abecome as the scum of the world, the dregs of all things, even until now.

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I do not write these things to  ashame you, but to admonish you as my beloved  bchildren.

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For if you were to have countless  atutors in Christ, yet you would not have many fathers, for in  bChrist Jesus I  cbecame your father through the  dgospel.

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Therefore I exhort you, be  aimitators of me.

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For this reason I  ahave sent to you  bTimothy, who is my  cbeloved and faithful child in the Lord, and he will remind you of my ways which are in Christ,  djust as I teach everywhere in every church.

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Now some have become  1 aarrogant, as though I were not  bcoming to you.

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But I  awill come to you soon,  bif the Lord wills, and I shall find out, not the  1words of those who are  carrogant but their power.

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For the kingdom of God does  anot consist in  1words but in power.

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What do you desire?  aShall I come to you with a rod, or with love and a spirit of gentleness?



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