Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
Let
a
man
so account
of
us
, as of
ministers
of Christ ,
and stewards of the mysteries of God.
So then
, men
ought
to
regard
us
as servants
of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
Here,
moreover,
it is required in
stewards ,
that a
man
be found faithful.
Now
it is required of
stewards that they
be found faithful.
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
.
I
care
very little,
however,
if
I am
judged by
you or by
any
human
court.
In
fact
, I do
not even
judge
myself
.
For
I
know
nothing
against
myself;
yet
am
I
not
hereby
justified:
but he
that judgeth
me is the Lord.
My
conscience
is
clear,
but that does
not
vindicate
me .
It
is the Lord who
judges
me
.
Wherefore
judge nothing before the time ,
until the Lord come,
who
will both
bring to light the
hidden things
of
darkness ,
and make
manifest
the counsels
of the
hearts ;
and
then
shall
each man
have
his praise from God.
Therefore
judge nothing before the appointed
time ;
wait
until the Lord comes.
He
will bring to light what
is
hidden in
darkness and will
expose
the motives
of men’s
hearts .
At
that
time
each will
receive
his praise from God.
Now
these
things,
brethren
, I have in
a
figure
transferred
to myself and Apollos for your sakes;
that in
us
ye
might
learn not `
to go '
beyond the
things
which
are
written ;
that
no
one
of
you be
puffed
up
for
the
one against
the
other
.
Brothers
, I have applied
these
things
to myself and Apollos for your benefit,
so
that you
may
learn from
us
not to go beyond what
is
written .
Then
you will
not
take
pride
in
one man
over
another
.
For who maketh
thee
to
differ
? and
what hast
thou
that thou
didst
not receive? but
if thou
didst
receive it, why dost
thou
glory
as if
thou
hadst
not received
it
?
For who makes
you
so
superior
? What do
you
have
that you
did
not receive? And
if you
did
receive it, why do
you
boast
as though
you
did
not?
Already are
ye
filled,
already ye
are
become rich ,
ye
have
come
to
reign
without us :
yea
and
I would
that
ye
did
reign
, that we also
might reign
with you .
Already you
have
all
you
want.
Already you
have
become rich .
Without us ,
you
have
become
kings.
How
I wish
you
really
were
kings
, so
that we might be
kings
with you !
For ,
I
think,
God hath
set
forth
us the
apostles last
of all
, as
men
doomed
to
death:
for we are
made
a spectacle unto
the world, both
to angels and
men.
For it
seems
to
me
that
God has
displayed
us apostles at
the
end
of the
procession
, like
prisoners
appointed
for death.
We have
become
a spectacle to
the whole
world, to angels as
well
as
to
men.
We are fools for Christ's
sake
, but ye
are wise in Christ ;
we are weak, but ye
are strong ;
ye
have
glory
, but we have
dishonor
.
We are fools for Christ
, but you
are wise in Christ .
We are weak, but you
are strong .
You
are
honored
, but we are
dishonored
.
Even
unto
this present
hour we both
hunger,
and thirst
, and
are naked
, and
are buffeted
, and
have
no
certain
dwelling-place;
To
this very
hour we are
hungry
and thirsty
, we
are poorly
clothed
, we
are brutally
treated
, we
are
homeless.
and
we toil,
working
with our own hands :
being
reviled
, we bless; being
persecuted, we endure;
We work
hard
with our own hands .
When
we
are
vilified
, we bless; when
we
are
persecuted, we endure it
;
being
defamed
, we entreat:
we are
made
as
the filth
of the world
, the offscouring
of all
things,
even
until
now
.
when
we
are
slandered
, we answer
gently.
Up
to
this
moment
we have
become
the scum
of the earth
, the refuse
of the
world
.
I write
not these
things
to shame you, but to admonish
you as my beloved children.
I am
not writing
this
to shame you, but to warn
you as my beloved children.
For
though
ye
have ten thousand tutors
in Christ, yet
`have
ye'
not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I begat
you
through the gospel.
Even
if
you
have ten thousand guardians
in Christ, you
do
not have
many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became
your
father
through the gospel.
I beseech
you therefore,
be
ye
imitators
of
me.
Therefore
I urge
you to
imitate
me.
For
this
cause
have
I sent unto
you Timothy, who
is
my beloved and faithful child in the Lord ,
who
shall
put
you in
remembrance
of my ways
which
are
in Christ, even
as
I teach everywhere in every church.
That
is
why
I have
sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord .
He
will
remind
you of my way
of
life
in Christ Jesus
, which
is
exactly
what
I teach everywhere in every church.
Now
some are
puffed
up
, as though
I were not coming to you.
Some of
you
have
become
arrogant
, as if
I were not coming to you.
But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will;
and I will know,
not the
word
of
them
that
are puffed
up
, but the
power.
But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is
willing,
and then
I will find
out
not only
what
these
arrogant
people
are saying
, but what
power they
have
.
For the kingdom of God is not in
word,
but in
power.
For the kingdom of God is not a
matter
of
talk
but of
power.
What
will
ye
? shall I come unto
you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of
gentleness
?
Which
do
you
prefer
? Shall I come to
you with a rod, or in love and with
a gentle
spirit?
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