1Corinthians 4:21 - Prayer Tents

The Ministry of Apostles

4This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.G3049G444G3779G3049G2248G5613G5257G5547G2532G3623G3466G2316 2Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found trustworthy.G3739G1161G3063G2212G1722G3623G2443G5100G2147G4103 3But 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.G1161G1698G2076G1519G1646G2443G350G5259G5216G2228G5259G442G2250G235G350G3761G1683 4For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me.G1063G4894G3762G1683G235G1344G3756G1722G5129G1344G1161G350G3165G2076G2962 5Therefore 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.G5620G2919G3361G5100G4253G2540G2193G302G2962G2064G3739G2532G5461G2927G4655G2532G5319G1012G2588G2532G5119G1538G1096G1868G575G2316 6I 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.G1161G5023G80G3345G1519G1683G2532G625G1223G5209G2443G3129G1722G2254G3361G5426G5228G2443G3739G1125G3363G1520G5448G5228G1520G2596G2087 7For 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?G1063G5101G1252G4571G1252G1161G5101G2192G3739G2983G3756G2983G1161G1499G2983G5101G2744G5613G2983G3361G2983 8Already 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!G2235G2075G2880G2235G4147G936G5565G2257G2532G3785G1065G936G2443G2249G2532G4821G5213 9For 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.G1063G1380G3754G2316G584G2248G652G2078G5613G1935G3754G1096G2302G2889G2532G32G2532G444 10We 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.G2249G3474G1223G5547G1223G1161G5210G5429G1722G5547G2249G772G1161G5210G2478G5210G1741G1161G2249G820 11To the present hour we hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and buffeted and homeless,G891G737G5610G3983G2532G3983G2532G1372G2532G1130G2532G2852G2532G790 12and we labor, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure;G2532G2872G2038G2398G5495G3058G2127G1377G430 13when slandered, we entreat. We have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, the refuse of all things.G987G3870G1096G5613G4027G2889G4067G3956G2193G737 14I do not write these things to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children.G1125G3756G5023G1788G5209G235G5613G3450G27G5043G3560 15For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.G1063G1437G2192G3463G3807G1722G5547G235G3756G4183G3962G1063G1722G5547G2424G1473G1080G5209G1223G2098 16I urge you, then, be imitators of me.G3767G3870G5209G1096G3402G3450 17That 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.G1223G5124G1223G3992G5213G5095G3739G2076G3450G27G5043G2532G4103G1722G2962G3739G363G5209G363G3450G3598G3588G1722G5547G2531G1321G3837G1722G3956G1577 18Some are arrogant, as though I were not coming to you.G1161G5100G5448G5613G3450G2064G3361G2064G4314G5209 19But 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.G1161G2064G4314G5209G5030G1437G2962G2309G2532G1097G3756G3056G5448G235G1411 20For the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power.G1063G932G2316G3756G1722G3056G235G1722G1411 21What do you wish? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love in a spirit of gentleness?G5101G2309G2064G4314G5209G1722G4464G2228G1722G26G5037G4151G4236