4So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the secret things of God.G3049G444G3779G3049G2248G5613G5257G5547G2532G3623G3466G23162Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.G3739G1161G3063G2212G1722G3623G2443G5100G2147G41033I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself.G1161G1698G2076G1519G1646G2443G350G5259G5216G2228G5259G442G2250G235G350G3761G16834My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me.G1063G4894G3762G1683G235G1344G3756G1722G5129G1344G1161G350G3165G2076G29625Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait till the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men's hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.G5620G2919G3361G5100G4253G2540G2193G302G2962G2064G3739G2532G5461G2927G4655G2532G5319G1012G2588G2532G5119G1538G1096G1868G575G23166Now, brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying, "Do not go beyond what is written." Then you will not take pride in one man over against another.G1161G5023G80G3345G1519G1683G2532G625G1223G5209G2443G3129G1722G2254G3361G5426G5228G2443G3739G1125G3363G1520G5448G5228G1520G2596G20877For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?G1063G5101G1252G4571G1252G1161G5101G2192G3739G2983G3756G2983G1161G1499G2983G5101G2744G5613G2983G3361G29838Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! You have become kings—and that without us! How I wish that you really had become kings so that we might be kings with you!G2235G2075G2880G2235G4147G936G5565G2257G2532G3785G1065G936G2443G2249G2532G4821G52139For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of the procession, like men condemned to die in the arena. We have been made a spectacle to the whole universe, to angels as well as to men.G1063G1380G3754G2316G584G2248G652G2078G5613G1935G3754G1096G2302G2889G2532G32G2532G44410We are fools for Christ, but you are so wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, we are dishonored!G2249G3474G1223G5547G1223G1161G5210G5429G1722G5547G2249G772G1161G5210G2478G5210G1741G1161G2249G82011To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.G891G737G5610G3983G2532G3983G2532G1372G2532G1130G2532G2852G2532G79012We work hard with our own hands. When we are cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;G2532G2872G2038G2398G5495G3058G2127G1377G43013when we are slandered, we answer kindly. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.G987G3870G1096G5613G4027G2889G4067G3956G2193G737
Paul’s Appeal and Warning
14I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you, as my dear children.G1125G3756G5023G1788G5209G235G5613G3450G27G5043G356015Even though you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.G1063G1437G2192G3463G3807G1722G5547G235G3756G4183G3962G1063G1722G5547G2424G1473G1080G5209G1223G209816Therefore I urge you to imitate me.G3767G3870G5209G1096G3402G345017For this reason I am sending to you Timothy, my son whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which agrees with what I teach everywhere in every church.G1223G5124G1223G3992G5213G5095G3739G2076G3450G27G5043G2532G4103G1722G2962G3739G363G5209G363G3450G3598G3588G1722G5547G2531G1321G3837G1722G3956G157718Some of you have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.G1161G5100G5448G5613G3450G2064G3361G2064G4314G520919But I will come to you very soon, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only how these arrogant people are talking, but what power they have.G1161G2064G4314G5209G5030G1437G2962G2309G2532G1097G3756G3056G5448G235G141120For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.G1063G932G2316G3756G1722G3056G235G1722G141121What do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a whip, or in love and with a gentle spirit?G5101G2309G2064G4314G5209G1722G4464G2228G1722G26G5037G4151G4236
