1 Corinthians 4:2 Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.

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New International Version
Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.

English Standard Version
Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found trustworthy.

New American Standard Bible
In this case, moreover, it is required of stewards that one be found trustworthy.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
In this regard, it is expected of managers that each one of them be found faithful.

International Standard Version
Now it is required of servant managers that each one should prove to be trustworthy.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
Here now it is required among the dispensers, that a man be found faithful.

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

Young's Literal Translation
and as to the rest, it is required in the stewards that one may be found faithful,

Cross References

2 Kings 12:15
Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.

2 Kings 22:7
However, there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.

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

1 Corinthians 4:3
But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yes, I judge not my own self.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

4:1-6 Apostles were no more than servants of Christ, but they were not to be undervalued. They had a great trust, and for that reason, had an honourable office. Paul had a just concern for his own reputation, but he knew that he who chiefly aimed to please men, would not prove himself a faithful servant of Christ. It is a comfort that men are not to be our final judges. And it is not judging well of ourselves, or justifying ourselves, that will prove us safe and happy. Our own judgment is not to be depended upon as to our faithfulness, any more than our own works for our justification. There is a day coming, that will bring men's secret sins into open day, and discover the secrets of their hearts. Then every slandered believer will be justified, and every faithful servant approved and rewarded. The word of God is the best rule by which to judge as to men. Pride commonly is at the bottom of quarrels. Self-conceit contributes to produce undue esteem of our teachers, as well as of ourselves. We shall not be puffed up for one against another, if we remember that all are instruments, employed by God, and endowed by him with various talents.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

2. Moreover—The oldest manuscripts read, "Moreover here" (that is, on earth). The contrast thus is between man's usage as to stewards (1Co 4:2), and God's way (1Co 4:3). Though here below, in the case of stewards, inquiry is made, that one man be found (that is, proved to be) faithful; yet God's steward awaits no such judgment of man, in man's day, but the Lord's judgment in His great day. Another argument against the Corinthians for their partial preferences of certain teachers for their gifts: whereas what God requires in His stewards is faithfulness (1Sa 3:20, Margin; Heb 3:5); as indeed is required in earthly stewards, but with this difference (1Co 4:3), that God's stewards await not man's judgment to test them, but the testing which shall be in the day of the Lord.