Verse
WEB
World English Bible
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
So let
a
man
think
of
us as Christ's
servants ,
and stewards of God's
mysteries.
So then,
men
ought
to
regard
us as servants of
Christ
and stewards of the
mysteries of
God
.
Here,
moreover,
it is required of stewards ,
that they 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 by you ,
or by man's
judgment
. Yes
, I don't
judge my
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
I
am
not
justified
by
this
, but he
who
judges
me is the Lord.
My
conscience
is
clear
, but that
does
not
vindicate
me .
It
is the Lord who
judges
me
.
Therefore judge nothing before the time ,
until the Lord comes ,
who
will both
bring to light the
hidden things
of
darkness ,
and reveal
the counsels
of the
hearts. Then
each man
will get
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,
brothers, I have in
a
figure
transferred
to myself and Apollos for your sakes
, that in
us
you might
learn not to think
beyond the
things
which
are
written ,
that
none
of
you be
puffed
up
against
one another.
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 makes you different
? And
what do you have that you didn't
receive? But
if you did receive it, why do you boast as if
you had
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?
You
are
already filled.
You have already become rich. You
have
come
to
reign
without us .
Yes
, and
I wish that
you 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
that God has displayed us ,
the
apostles ,
last
of all
, like men
sentenced
to
death. For
we are
made
a spectacle to 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 you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You have
honor
, 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
to this present
hour we hunger,
thirst
, are naked
, are beaten
, 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
.
We toil,
working
with our own hands. When people
curse
us
, 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 dirt
wiped
off
by
all,
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 don't
write
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
you have ten thousand tutors
in Christ, yet
not many fathers .
For in Christ Jesus ,
I became your father 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 beg
you therefore,
be
imitators
of
me.
Therefore
I urge
you to
imitate
me.
Because
of
this
I have sent Timothy
to
you, who
is
my beloved and faithful child in the Lord ,
who
will remind you of my ways
which
are
in Christ, even
as
I teach everywhere in every assembly
.
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 is willing .
And I will know,
not the
word
of
those
who
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
do you want
? Shall I come to 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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