1 Corinthians 4

1 Corinthians 4:1

• This is how one should

• think of
• regard
• think about

• us, as
• us as
• us: as

• servants of Christ and

• stewards of
• managers of

• God’s

• mysteries.
• secret truths.
• secrets.

1 Corinthians 4:2

• Here, moreover,
• Moreover,
• Moreover
• In this case, moreover,

• it is sought in stewards that one be found

• faithful.
• trustworthy.

1 Corinthians 4:3

• But with me it
• It
• But to me it
• I

• is a
• care

• very

• small
• little if
• little

• I
• thing that I
• matter that I

• should be
• am
• be
• may be

• judged by
• evaluated by

• you or by any
• you, or by any
• you or any
• you or by a

• human

• court;
• court.
• court; in
• court. In

• I
• fact, I

• do

• not
• n’t

• even

• judge
• trust
• pass judgment on

• myself,
• myself.
• myself;
• my own self.

1 Corinthians 4:4

• I
• For I

• am
• do

• not

• conscious of
• aware of
• know of

• anything against
• nothing against

• myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me.

1 Corinthians 4:5

• [Translation pending]

1 Corinthians 4:6

• I
• Brothers and sisters, I
• Now, brothers, I

• have applied all this to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers, that you

• may
• will
• could

• learn from
• learn by

• us not to go beyond what is

• written, that
• written,’ that
• written, so that
• written,” so that
• written.”

• none of
• Then

• you

• will
• may

• be

• puffed up in
• proud of one
• inflated with pride in

• favor of one against another.

1 Corinthians 4:7

• For who makes
• For who concedes

• you different from anyone else? What do you

• have that
• have

• you did

• not
• n’t

• receive? And if
• receive? But if
• receive? If

• you

• received
• did receive

• it, why

• do
• are

• you

• boast as if
• boast as though

• you didnot?

1 Corinthians 4:8

• [Translation pending]

1 Corinthians 4:9

• For I
• For, I
• For it
• It
• But it
• I

• seems to
• think
• think,
• think that

• God
• me that God

• has

• put
• exhibited
• displayed
• given

• us
• us, the
• me and the other

• apostles
• apostles,
• apostles on
• apostles, in
• apostles in
• apostles the

• last of all, as
• last
• last of all, like
• display at the end of the
• last, as

• men
• people

• condemned to
• sentenced to

• death, because
• death; because
• die.
• die:
• death:
• death.
• death. For
• death; for

• we
• We

• have
• are

• become a
• been made a
• made a

• spectacle to the
• spectacle to the whole

• world, both to
• world to
• world, to
• world and to

• angels, and to
• angels and to
• angels and

• men.
• people.
• people!

1 Corinthians 4:10

• We

• are
• are,

• fools for
• fools for the

• Christ, but
• Christ. But
• Christ’s sake, but
• sake of Christ, but

• you are

• wise in
• prudent in
• so wise in

• Christ;
• Christ!
• Christ.

• we
• We

• are

• weak, but
• weak. But
• weak;
• weak.

• you
• You

• are

• strong.
• strong;
• strong!

• you
• You

• are

• honored, but
• honored. But
• distinguished, but

• we

• are
• have

• dishonored!
• dishonored.

1 Corinthians 4:11

• To the present
• To this very
• To this present

• hour
• moment,
• moment

• we
• we go

• hungry and
• go hungry and
• are both hungry and
• hunger and

• thirsty,
• thirsty;

• we are

• poorly clothed, and
• poorly clothed and

• beaten, and
• beaten and

• homeless.
• homeless,
• homeless;

1 Corinthians 4:12

• we
• We
• And we
• and we

• labor,
• toil,
• work

• working with
• hard with

• our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we

• endure,
• endure.
• endure;

1 Corinthians 4:13

• when we are

• slandered,
• insulted,

• we

• entreat.
• try to conciliate;

• we
• We

• have become like the rubbish of the world, the

• offscouring of all
• refuse of all

• things, until
• things until
• things,

• even now.
• even until now.
• now.

1 Corinthians 4:14

• I

• am
• do
• ’m

• not

• writing these
• write these

• things to

• shame
• make

• you but to
• you, but to
• you feel ashamed, but to
• you feel ashamed but to

• warn
• admonish
• instruct

• you as
• you, as

• my

• dear
• beloved
• own dear

• children.
• children;

1 Corinthians 4:15

• For though you
• You

• may

• have ten thousand
• have 10,000

• guardians in
• tutors in
• instructors in
• teachers in

• Christ,
• Christ, but

• you do

• not
• n’t

• have many fathers. Through the Good News I became your father in Christ

• Jesus.
• Jesus,

1 Corinthians 4:16

• So I
• so I
• I
• Therefore, I
• Therefore I

• urge
• beg
• encourage
• appeal to
• exhort

• you to
• you—
• you,
• you:
• you, then, be
• you, be
• you, therefore, be
• you therefore, be

• imitators of
• imitate
• be like
• Follow my
• follow my

• me!
• me.
• me;
• example.

1 Corinthians 4:17

• For this reason I
• That is why I
• Because of this I
• Because of this, I
• That’s why I

• have
• am

• sent to
• sent
• sending to

• you Timothy, who is my

• beloved and
• dear and
• dearly loved and

• faithful

• child in the
• son in the

• Lord, who will remind

• you of
• you about

• my

• ways in
• way of life in

• Christ Jesus, just as I teach

• everywhere in every
• everywhere

• church.
• assembly.

1 Corinthians 4:18

• Some of you have
• Some have

• become

• arrogant as if
• arrogant, as if
• arrogant, as though

• I

• were
• am
• was
• will
• wo

• not
• n’t

• coming to you.

1 Corinthians 4:19

• But I
• but I

• will
• am

• come to
• coming to

• you

• soon, if the
• shortly, if the

• Lord

• wills, and
• is willing. And
• is willing, and

• I

• will
• shall

• find out
• know

• not the talk of these arrogant people but their

• power.
• power;

1 Corinthians 4:20

• For the Kingdom of
• for the kingdom of
• For the kingdom of
• The kingdom of

• God is

• not in
• not on
• n’t about

• talk, but of
• talk but of
• word, but in
• word but in
• talk but in
• words but in
• talk, but with
• talk but with

• power?
• power.

1 Corinthians 4:21

• What do
• Which do
• What would

• you

• want?
• prefer?
• wish?
• want: that
• choose?
• choose!

• Shall I
• Should I
• Am I to
• I

• come to

• you with a
• you with punishment, or that

• rod, or with
• rod, or in
• I come with
• rod of correction or with
• rod of correction, or with

• love and a
• love in a
• love and with a
• love, and with a
• love and
• love, and in a
• love and in a

• spirit of gentleness?
• gentle spirit?
• gentleness?