1Co 1 Corinthians, chapter First Epistle to the Corinthians, chapter 4
Let a man so account of us as of the ministers of Christ, and the dispensers of the mysteries of God. 2Co 6:4Here now it is required among the dispensers, that a man be found faithful. Mat 24:45; Luk 12:42But to me it is a very small thing to be judged by you, or by man’s day; but neither do I judge my own self. For I am not conscious to myself of any thing, yet am I not hereby justified; but he that judgeth me, is the Lord. Exo 34:7; Job 9:2; Act 23:1Therefore judge not 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 from God. Mat 7:1; Mat 25:21; Rom 2:1But these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollo, for your sakes; that in us you may learn, that one be not puffed up against the other for another, above that which is written. Pro 3:7; Rom 12:3For who distinguisheth thee? Or what hast thou that thou hast not received? And if thou hast received, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it? Jhn 3:27You are now full; you are now become rich; you reign without us; and I would to God you did reign, that we also might reign with you. For I think that God hath set forth us apostles, the last, as it were men appointed to death: we are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men. Psa 43:22; Rom 8:36; 2Co 4:11We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are honourable, but we without honour. Even unto this hour we both hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no fixed abode; And we labour, working with our own hands: we are reviled, and we bless; we are persecuted, and we suffer it. Mat 5:44; Luk 23:34; Act 7:59; Act 20:34; 1Th 2:9; 2Th 3:8We are blasphemed, and we entreat; we are made as the refuse of this world, the offscouring of all even until now. I write not these things to confound you; but I admonish you as my dearest children. For if you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, by the gospel, I have begotten you. Gal 4:19; Phm 1:10Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me, as I also am of Christ. For this cause have I sent to you Timothy, who is my dearest son and faithful in the Lord; who will put you in mind of my ways, which are in Christ Jesus; as I teach every where in every church. As if I would not come to you, so some are puffed up. But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will: and will know, not the speech of them that are puffed up, but the power. Act 18:21; Jas 4:15For the kingdom of God is not in speech, but in power. 1Co 2:4What will you? shall I come to you with a rod; or in charity, and in the spirit of meekness?2Co 13:10