Servants of Christ 1 TNT Let men this wyse esteme vs even as the ministers of Christ and disposers of the secretes of God. BSB BSB: So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
2 TNT Furthermore it is requyred of the disposers that they be founde faithfull. BSB BSB: Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.
3 TNT With me is it but a very smal thinge that I shuld be iudged of you ether of (mans daye) No I iudge not myn awne selfe. 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 TNT I know nought by my selfe: yet am I not therby iustified. It is the Lorde that iudgeth me. BSB BSB: My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me.
5 TNT Therfore iudge no thinge before the tyme vntill the Lorde come which will lighten thinges that are hyd in darcknes and open the counsels of the hertes. And then shall every man have prayse 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 TNT These thinges brethren I have described in myn awne person and Apollos for youre sakes that ye myght learne by vs that no man counte of him selfe beyonde that which is above written: that one swell not agaynst another for eny mans cause. 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 TNT For who preferreth the? What hast thou that thou hast not receaved? Yf thou have receaved it why reioysest thou as though thou haddest not receaved 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 TNT Now ye are full: now ye are made rych: ye raygne as kinges with out vs: and I wold to god ye dyd raygne that we might raygne 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 TNT Me thinketh that God hath set forth vs which are Apostles for the lowest of all as it were men appoynted to deeth. For we are a gasyngestocke vnto the worlde and to the 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 TNT We are foles for Christes sake and ye are wyse thorow Christ. We are weake and ye are stroge. Ye are honorable and 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 TNT Even vnto this daye we honger and thyrst and are naked and are boffetted with fistes and have no certayne dwellinge place BSB BSB: To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.
12 TNT and laboure workinge with oure awne hondes. We are revysed and yet we blesse. We are persecuted and 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 TNT We are evyll spoken of and we praye. We are made as it were the filthynes of the worlde the ofscowringe of all thinges even vnto this tyme. 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 TNT I write not these thinges to shame you: but as my beloved sonnes I warne you. BSB BSB: I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.
15 TNT For though ye have ten thousande instructours in Christ: yet have ye not many fathers. In Christ Iesu I have begotten you thorowe the gospell. 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 TNT Wherfore I desyre you to folowe me. BSB BSB: Therefore I urge you to imitate me.
17 TNT For this cause have I sent vnto you Timotheus which is my deare sonne and faithfull in the Lorde which shall put you in remembraunce of my wayes which I have in Christ even as I teache every where in all congregacions. 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 TNT Some swell as though I wolde come no more at you. BSB BSB: Some of you have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.
19 TNT But I will come to you shortely yf God will: and will knowe not the wordes of the which swell 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 TNT for the kyngdome of God is not in wordes but in power. BSB BSB: For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.
21 TNT What will ye? Shall I come vnto you with a rodde or els in love and in the sprete of mekenes? BSB BSB: Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and with a gentle spirit?
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.