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1 Corinthians 4

Servants of Christ

1

Let a mang444 regardg3049 us in thisg3779 mannerg3779, as  aservantsg5257 of Christg5547 and  bstewardsg3623 of  cthe mysteriesg3466 of Godg2316.

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In thisg5602 caseg5602, moreoverg3062, it is requiredg523  1of stewardsg3623 that oneg5100 be foundg2147 trustworthyg4103.

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But to me it is a veryg1646 smallg1646 thingg1646 that I may be examinedg350 by you, org2228 by any humang442  1courtg2250; in factg235, I do not eveng3761 examineg350 myselfg1683.

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For I  aamg4924a consciousg4924a of nothingg3762 against myselfg1683, yetg235 I am not by thisg3778  bacquittedg1344; but the one who examinesg350 me is the Lordg2962.

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Thereforeg5620  ado not go on  1passingg2919 judgmentg2919 beforeg4253  2the timeg2540, but wait  buntilg2193 the Lordg2962 comesg2064 whog3739 will bothg2532  cbringg5461 to lightg5461 the thingsg2927 hiddeng2927 in the darknessg4655 and discloseg5319 the motivesg1012 of men's heartsg2588; and theng5119 eachg1538 man'sg1538  dpraiseg1868 will comeg1096 to him from Godg2316.

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Nowg1161 theseg3778 thingsg3778, brethreng80, I have figurativelyg3345 appliedg3345 to myselfg1683 and Apollosg625 for your sakesg1223, sog2443 that in us you may learng3129 not to exceedg5228  awhatg3739 is writteng1125, sog2443 that nog3361 oneg1520 of you will  bbecome  1arrogantg5448  cin behalfg5228 of oneg1520 againstg2596 the otherg2087.

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For whog5101 regardsg1252 you as superiorg1252?  aWhatg5101 do you haveg2192 that you did not receiveg2983? And ifg1487 you did receiveg2983 it, whyg5101 do you boastg2744 as ifg5613 you had not receivedg2983 it?

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You are  aalreadyg2235 filledg2880, you have alreadyg2235 becomeg4147 richg4147, you have becomeg936 kingsg936 withoutg5565 us; and indeedg1065, I wishg3785 that you had becomeg936 kingsg936 sog2443 that we alsog2532 might reigng4821 with you.

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For, I thinkg1380, Godg2316 has exhibitedg584 us apostlesg652 lastg2078 of allg2078, as meng1935  acondemnedg1935 to deathg1935; becauseg3754 we  bhave becomeg1096 a spectacleg2302 to the worldg2889,  1bothg2532 to angelsg32a and to meng444.

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We are  afoolsg3474 for Christ'sg5547 sakeg1223, but  byou are prudentg5429 in Christg5547;  cwe are weakg772, but you are strongg2478; you are distinguishedg1741, but we are withoutg820 honorg820.

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To thisg3588 presentg737 hourg5610 we are bothg2532  ahungryg3983 and thirstyg1372, and are poorlyg1130 clothedg1130, and are roughlyg2852 treatedg2852, and are homelessg790;

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and we toilg2872,  aworkingg2038b with our owng2398 handsg5495; when we are  breviledg3058, we blessg2127; when we are  cpersecutedg1377, we endureg430;

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when we are slanderedg1426a, we try to  1conciliateg3870; we have  abecomeg1096 as the scumg4027 of the worldg2889, the dregsg4067 of allg3956 thingsg3956, even untilg2193 nowg737.

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I do not writeg1125 theseg3778 thingsg3778 to  ashameg1788 you, but to admonishg3560 you as my belovedg27  bchildreng5043.

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For ifg1437 you were to haveg2192 countlessg3463  atutorsg3807 in Christg5547, yetg235 you would not have manyg4183 fathersg3962, for in  bChristg5547 Jesusg2424 I  cbecameg1080 your fatherg1080 throughg1223 the  dgospelg2098.

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Thereforeg3767 I exhortg3870 you, be  aimitatorsg3402 of me.

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For thisg3778 reasong1223 I  ahave sentg3992 to you  bTimothyg5095, whog3739 is my  cbelovedg27 and faithfulg4103 childg5043 in the Lordg2962, and he will remindg363 you of my waysg3598 which are in Christg5547,  djustg2531a as I teachg1321 everywhereg3837 in everyg3956 churchg1577.

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Nowg1161 someg5100 have become  1 aarrogantg5448, as thoughg5613 I were not  bcomingg2064 to you.

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But I  awill comeg2064 to you soong5030,  bifg1437 the Lordg2962 willsg2309, and I shall findg1097 out, not the  1wordsg3056 of thoseg3588 who are  carrogantg5448 but their powerg1411.

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For the kingdomg932 of Godg2316 does  anot consist in  1wordsg3056 but in powerg1411.

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Whatg5101 do you desireg2309?  aShall I comeg2064 to you with a rodg4464, org2228 with loveg26 and a spiritg4151 of gentlenessg4240?



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