1Corinthians 4:21 - Prayer Tents



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1Corinthians 4
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Faithful Servants of the Messiah

4Think of us as servants of the Messiah and as servant managers entrusted with God's secrets.G3049G444G3779G3049G2248G5613G5257G5547G2532G3623G3466G2316
2Now it is required of servant managers that each one should prove to be trustworthy.G3739G1161G3063G2212G1722G3623G2443G5100G2147G4103
3It is a very small thing to me that I should be examined by you or by any human court. In fact, I don't even evaluate myself.G1161G1698G2076G1519G1646G2443G350G5259G5216G2228G5259G442G2250G235G350G3761G1683
4For my conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who examines me.G1063G4894G3762G1683G235G1344G3756G1722G5129G1344G1161G350G3165G2076G2962
5Therefore, stop judging prematurely, before the Lord comes, for he will bring to light what is now hidden in darkness and reveal the motives of our hearts. Then each person will receive his praise from God.3G5620G2919G3361G5100G4253G2540G2193G302G2962G2064G3739G2532G5461G2927G4655G2532G5319G1012G2588G2532G5119G1538G1096G1868G575G2316

Fools for the Messiah’s Sake

6Brothers, I have applied all this to Apollos and myself for your benefit, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what the Scriptures say. Then you will stop boasting about one person at the expense of another.4G1161G5023G80G3345G1519G1683G2532G625G1223G5209G2443G3129G1722G2254G3361G5426G5228G2443G3739G1125G3363G1520G5448G5228G1520G2596G2087
7For who makes you superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not receive it -G1063G5101G1252G4571G1252G1161G5101G2192G3739G2983G3756G2983G1161G1499G2983G5101G2744G5613G2983G3361G2983
8You already have all you want! You have already become rich! You have become kings without us! I wish you really were kings so that we could be kings with you!G2235G2075G2880G2235G4147G936G5565G2257G2532G3785G1065G936G2443G2249G2532G4821G5213
9For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display in last place, like men condemned to death. We have become a spectacle for the world, for angels, and for people to stare at.G1063G1380G3754G2316G584G2248G652G2078G5613G1935G3754G1096G2302G2889G2532G32G2532G444
10We are fools for the Messiah's sake, but you are wise in the Messiah. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored.G2249G3474G1223G5547G1223G1161G5210G5429G1722G5547G2249G772G1161G5210G2478G5210G1741G1161G2249G820
11We are hungry, thirsty, dressed in rags, brutally treated, and homeless, right up to the present.G891G737G5610G3983G2532G3983G2532G1372G2532G1130G2532G2852G2532G790
12We wear ourselves out from working with our own hands. When insulted, we bless. When persecuted, we endure.G2532G2872G2038G2398G5495G3058G2127G1377G430
13When slandered, we answer with kind words. Even now we have become the filth of the world, the scum of the universe.G987G3870G1096G5613G4027G2889G4067G3956G2193G737

Fatherly Advice

14I'm not writing this to make you feel ashamed, but to warn you as my dear children.G1125G3756G5023G1788G5209G235G5613G3450G27G5043G3560
15You may have 10,000 mentors who work for the Messiah, but not many fathers. For in the Messiah Jesus I became your father through the gospel.G1063G1437G2192G3463G3807G1722G5547G235G3756G4183G3962G1063G1722G5547G2424G1473G1080G5209G1223G2098
16So I urge you to imitate me.G3767G3870G5209G1096G3402G3450
17That's why I sent Timothy to you. He is my dear and dependable son in the Lord and will help you remember how I live for the Messiah Jesus as I teach everywhere in every church.G1223G5124G1223G3992G5213G5095G3739G2076G3450G27G5043G2532G4103G1722G2962G3739G363G5209G363G3450G3598G3588G1722G5547G2531G1321G3837G1722G3956G1577
18Some of you have become arrogant, as though I were not coming to evaluate you.G1161G5100G5448G5613G3450G2064G3361G2064G4314G5209
19But I will come to you soon if it's the Lord's will. Then I'll discover not only what these arrogant people are saying but also what power they have,G1161G2064G4314G5209G5030G1437G2962G2309G2532G1097G3756G3056G5448G235G1411
20for the kingdom of God isn't just talk, but also power.G1063G932G2316G3756G1722G3056G235G1722G1411
21Which do you prefer? Should I come to you with a stick, or with love and a gentle spirit -G5101G2309G2064G4314G5209G1722G4464G2228G1722G26G5037G4151G4236


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