1 Corinthians 4:2
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Here now it is required among the dispensers that a man be found faithful.

that.

1 Corinthians 4:17 For this cause have I sent to you Timothy, who is my dearest son and faithful in the Lord. Who will put you in mind of my ways, which are in Christ Jesus: as I teach every where in every church.

1 Corinthians 7:25 Now, concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give counsel, as having obtained mercy of the Lord, to be faithful.

Numbers 12:7 But it is not so with my servant Moses who is most faithful in all my house:

Proverbs 13:17 The messenger of the wicked shall fall into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.

Matthew 25:21,23 His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant, because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many things. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord. . . .

Luke 12:42 And the Lord said: Who thinkest thou is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord setteth over his family, to give them their measure of wheat in due season?

Luke 16:10-12 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in that which is greater: and he that is unjust in that which is little is unjust also in that which is greater. . . .

2 Corinthians 2:17 For we are not as many, adulterating the word of God: but with sincerity: but as from God, before God, in Christ we speak.

2 Corinthians 4:2 But we renounce the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness nor adulterating the word of God: but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience, in the sight of God.

Colossians 1:7 As you learned of Epaphras, our most beloved fellow servant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ Jesus;

Colossians 4:7,17 All the things that concern me, Tychicus, our dearest brother and faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord, will make known to you. . . .

Context
Servants of Christ
1Let a man so account of us as of the ministers of Christ and the dispensers of the mysteries of God. 2Here now it is required among the dispensers that a man be found faithful. 3But to me it is a very small thing to be judged by you or by man's day. But neither do I judge my own self.…
Cross References
2 Kings 12:15
And they reckoned not with the men that received the money to distribute it to the workmen, but they bestowed it faithfully.

2 Kings 22:7
But let there be no reckoning made with them of the money which they receive, but let them have it in their power, and in their trust.

1 Corinthians 4:1
Let a man so account of us as of the ministers of Christ and the dispensers of the mysteries of God.

1 Corinthians 4:3
But to me it is a very small thing to be judged by you or by man's day. But neither do I judge my own self.

Lexicon
Now
ὧδε (hōde)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 5602: From an adverb form of hode; in this same spot, i.e. Here or hither.

it is required
ζητεῖται (zēteitai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2212: To seek, search for, desire, require, demand. Of uncertain affinity; to seek; specially, to worship, or to plot.

of stewards
οἰκονόμοις (oikonomois)
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3623: A household manager, a steward, guardian.

that
ἵνα (hina)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.

they be found
εὑρεθῇ (heurethē)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2147: A prolonged form of a primary heuro, which heureo is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find.

faithful.
πιστός (pistos)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 4103: Trustworthy, faithful, believing. From peitho; objectively, trustworthy; subjectively, trustful.


Additional Translations
Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.

In this case, moreover, it is required in the stewards, that one shall be found faithful.

Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

Here, moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

Here, further, it is sought in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

Here, moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

Moreover, it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful.

This being so, it follows that fidelity is what is required in stewards.

Here, moreover, it is required of stewards, that they be found faithful.

and as to the rest, it is required in the stewards that one may be found faithful,
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