Servants of Christ 1 AKJV Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. BSB BSB: So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
2 AKJV Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. BSB BSB: Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.
3 AKJV 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. BSB BSB: I care very little, however, if I am judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself.
4 AKJV For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judges me is the Lord. BSB BSB: My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me.
5 AKJV Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God. BSB BSB: 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.
6 AKJV And these things, brothers, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that you might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another. BSB BSB: 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.
7 AKJV For who makes you to differ from another? and what have you that you did not receive? now if you did receive it, why do you glory, as if you had not received it? BSB BSB: 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?
8 AKJV Now you are full, now you are rich, you have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God you did reign, that we also might reign with you. BSB BSB: 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!
9 AKJV For I think that God has set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men. BSB BSB: 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.
10 AKJV We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are honorable, but we are despised. BSB BSB: 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.
11 AKJV Even to this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling place; BSB BSB: To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.
12 AKJV And labor, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: BSB BSB: We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;
13 AKJV Being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things to this day. BSB BSB: when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.
Paul’s Fatherly Warning 14 AKJV I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. BSB BSB: I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.
15 AKJV For though you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have you not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. BSB BSB: 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.
16 AKJV Why I beseech you, be you followers of me. BSB BSB: Therefore I urge you to imitate me.
17 AKJV For this cause have I sent to you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church. BSB BSB: 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.
18 AKJV Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you. BSB BSB: Some of you have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.
19 AKJV But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power. BSB BSB: 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.
20 AKJV For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. BSB BSB: For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.
21 AKJV What will you? shall I come to you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness? BSB BSB: Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and with a gentle spirit?
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