1 Corinthians 4:1-13 ▼

1 Let a man so reckon us as officers of Christ, and stewards of the secrets of God,

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

3 and to me it is for a very little thing that by you I may be judged, or by man’s Day, but I do not even judge myself,

4 for I have been conscious of nothing for myself, but I have not been declared right in this—and He who is discerning me is the LORD:

5 so, then, judge nothing before the time, until the LORD may come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of the darkness, and will reveal the counsels of the hearts, and then the praise will come to each from God.

6 And these things, brothers, I transferred to myself and to Apollos because of you, that in us you may learn not to think above that which has been written, that you may not be puffed up one for one against the other,

7 for who makes you to differ? And what do you have, that you did not receive? And if you also received, why do you glory as not having received?

8 Already you are having been filled, already you were rich, apart from us you reigned, and I also wish you reigned, that we also may reign together with you,

9 for I think that God set forth us the apostles last—as appointed to death, because we became a spectacle to the world, and messengers, and men;

10 we [are] fools because of Christ, and you wise in Christ; we [are] ailing, and you strong; you glorious, and we dishonored;

11 to the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are battered, and wander,

12 and labor, working with [our] own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

13 being spoken evil of, we plead; we became as filth of the world—of all things an outcast—until now.