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1 Corinthians 4 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

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So then, let us [who minister] be regarded as servants of Christ and stewards (trustees, administrators) of the mysteries of God [that He chooses to reveal].

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:2 - In this case, moreover, it is required [as essential and demanded] of stewards that one be found faithful and trustworthy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:3 - But [as for me personally] it matters very little to me that I may be judged by you or any human court [on this point]; in fact, I do not even judge myself.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:4 - I am aware of nothing against myself and I feel blameless, but I am not by this acquitted [before God]. It is the Lord who judges me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:5 - So do not go on passing judgment before the appointed time, but wait until the Lord comes, for He will both bring to light the [secret] things that are hidden in darkness and disclose the motives of the hearts. Then each one’s praise will come from God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:6

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Now I have applied these things [that is, the analogies about factions] to myself and Apollos for your benefit, believers, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written [in Scripture], so that none of you will become arrogant and boast in favor of one [minister or teacher] against the other.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:7 - For who regards you as superior or what sets you apart as special? What do you have that you did not receive [from another]? And if in fact you received it [from God or someone else], why do you boast as if you had not received it [but had gained it by yourself]?

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[You behave as if] you are already filled [with spiritual wisdom and in need of nothing more]. Already you have become rich [in spiritual gifts]! You [in your conceit] have ascended your thrones and become kings without us; and how I wish [that it were true and] that you did reign as kings, so that we might reign with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:9 - For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles at the end of the line, like men sentenced to death [and paraded as prisoners in a procession], because we have become a spectacle to the world [a show in the world’s amphitheater], both to angels and to men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:10 - We are [regarded as] fools for Christ, but you are so wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are highly esteemed, but we are dishonored.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:11 - To this present hour we are both hungry and thirsty; we are continually poorly dressed, and we are roughly treated, and wander homeless.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:12 - We work [for our living], working hard with our own hands. When we are reviled and verbally abused, we bless. When we are persecuted, we take it patiently and endure.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:13 - When we are slandered, we try to be conciliatory and answer softly. We have become like the scum of the world, the dregs of all things, even until now.

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I do not write these things to shame you, but to warn and advise you as my beloved children.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:15 - For even if you were to have ten thousand teachers [to guide you] in Christ, yet you would not have many fathers [who led you to Christ and assumed responsibility for you], for I became your father in Christ Jesus through the good news [of salvation].

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:16 - So I urge you, be imitators of me [just as a child imitates his father].

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:17 - For this reason I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, and he will remind you of my way of life in Christ [my conduct and my precepts for godly living], just as I teach everywhere in every church.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:18 - Now some of you have become arrogant and pretentious, as though I were not coming to see you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:19 - But I will come to you soon, if the Lord is willing, and I will find out not just the talk of these arrogant people, but [evaluate] their [spiritual] power [whether they live up to their own claims].

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:20 - For the kingdom of God is not based on talk but on power.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:21 - Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod [of discipline and correction], or with love and a gentle spirit?
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