4:1 This
is
how
one
should
regard
us,
as
servants
of
Christ
and
stewards
of
the
mysteries
of
God.
4:2 Moreover,
it
is
required
of
stewards
that
they
be
found
trustworthy.
4:3 But
with
me
it
is
a
very
small
thing
that
I
should
be
judged
by
you
or
by
any
human
court.
In
fact,
I
do
not
even
judge
myself.
4:4 For
I
am
not
aware
of
anything
against
myself,
but
I
am
not
thereby
acquitted.
It
is
the
Lord
who
judges
me.
4:5 Therefore
do
not
pronounce
judgment
before
the
time,
before
the
Lord
comes,
who
will
bring
to
light
the
things
now
hidden
in
darkness
and
will
disclose
the
purposes
of
the
heart.
Then
each
one
will
receive
his
commendation
from
God.
4:6 I
have
applied
all
these
things
to
myself
and
Apollos
for
your
benefit,
brothers,
that
you
may
learn
by
us
not
to
go
beyond
what
is
written,
that
none
of
you
may
be
puffed
up
in
favor
of
one
against
another.
4:7 For
who
sees
anything
different
in
you
What
do
you
have
that
you
did
not
receive
If
then
you
received
it,
why
do
you
boast
as
if
you
did
not
receive
it
4:8 Already
you
have
all
you
want!
Already
you
have
become
rich!
Without
us
you
have
become
kings!
And
would
that
you
did
reign,
so
that
we
might
share
the
rule
with
you!
4:9 For
I
think
that
God
has
exhibited
us
apostles
as
last
of
all,
like
men
sentenced
to
death,
because
we
have
become
a
spectacle
to
the
world,
to
angels,
and
to
men.
4:10 We
are
fools
for
Christ's
sake,
but
you
are
wise
in
Christ.
We
are
weak,
but
you
are
strong.
You
are
held
in
honor,
but
we
in
disrepute.
4:11 To
the
present
hour
we
hunger
and
thirst,
we
are
poorly
dressed
and
buffeted
and
homeless,
4:12 and
we
labor,
working
with
our
own
hands.
When
reviled,
we
bless;
when
persecuted,
we
endure;
4:13 when
slandered,
we
entreat.
We
have
become,
and
are
still,
like
the
scum
of
the
world,
the
refuse
of
all
things.
4:14 I
do
not
write
these
things
to
make
you
ashamed,
but
to
admonish
you
as
my
beloved
children.
4:15 For
though
you
have
countless
guides
in
Christ,
you
do
not
have
many
fathers.
For
I
became
your
father
in
Christ
Jesus
through
the
gospel.
4:16 I
urge
you,
then,
be
imitators
of
me.
4:17 That
is
why
I
sent
you
Timothy,
my
beloved
and
faithful
child
in
the
Lord,
to
remind
you
of
my
ways
in
Christ,
as
I
teach
them
everywhere
in
every
church.
4:18 Some
are
arrogant,
as
though
I
were
not
coming
to
you.
4:19 But
I
will
come
to
you
soon,
if
the
Lord
wills,
and
I
will
find
out
not
the
talk
of
these
arrogant
people
but
their
power.
4:20 For
the
kingdom
of
God
does
not
consist
in
talk
but
in
power.
4:21 What
do
you
wish
Shall
I
come
to
you
with
a
rod,
or
with
love
in
a
spirit
of
gentleness