I Corinthians, Chapter 4 Ancient Greek
1. Οὕτως ἡμᾶς
λογιζέσθω
ἄνθρωπος, ὡς
ὑπηρέτας Χριστοῦ
καὶ
οἰκονόμους
μυστηρίων Θεοῦ.
2. ὃ δὲ λοιπὸν
ζητεῖται ἐν
τοῖς
οἰκονόμοις,
ἵνα πιστός τις
εὑρεθῇ.
3. ἐμοὶ δὲ εἰς
ἐλάχιστόν
ἐστι ἵνα ὑφ'
ὑμῶν ἀνακριθῶ
ἢ ὑπὸ
ἀνθρωπίνης
ἡμέρας· ἀλλ'
οὐδὲ ἐμαυτὸν
ἀνακρίνω·
4. οὐδὲν γὰρ
ἐμαυτῷ
σύνοιδα· ἀλλ'
οὐκ ἐν τούτῳ
δεδικαίωμαι· ὁ
δὲ ἀνακρίνων
με Κύριός
ἐστιν.
5. ὥστε μὴ πρὸ
καιροῦ τι
κρίνετε, ἕως ἂν
ἔλθῃ ὁ Κύριος,
ὃς καὶ φωτίσει
τὰ κρυπτὰ τοῦ
σκότους καὶ
φανερώσει τὰς
βουλὰς τῶν
καρδιῶν, καὶ
τότε ὁ ἔπαινος γενήσεται
ἑκάστῳ ἀπὸ τοῦ
Θεοῦ.
6. Ταῦτα δέ,
ἀδελφοί,
μετεσχημάτισα
εἰς ἐμαυτὸν καὶ
Ἀπολλὼ δι'
ὑμᾶς, ἵνα ἐν
ἡμῖν μάθητε τὸ
μὴ ὑπὲρ ὃ
γέγραπται φρονεῖν,
ἵνα μὴ εἷς
ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἑνὸς
φυσιοῦσθε
κατὰ τοῦ
ἑτέρου.
7. τίς γάρ σε
διακρίνει; τί
δὲ ἔχεις ὃ οὐκ
ἔλαβες; εἰ δὲ
καὶ ἔλαβες, τί
καυχᾶσαι ὡς μὴ
λαβών;
8. ἤδη
κεκορεσμένοι
ἐστέ. ἤδη
ἐπλουτήσατε,
χωρὶς ἡμῶν
ἐβασιλεύσατε·
καὶ ὄφελόν γε
ἐβασιλεύσατε,
ἵνα καὶ ἡμεῖς
ὑμῖν
συμβασιλεύσωμεν.
9. δοκῶ γὰρ ὅτι
ὁ Θεὸς ἡμᾶς
τοὺς
ἀποστόλους
ἐσχάτους
ἀπέδειξεν ὡς
ἐπιθανατίους,
ὅτι θέατρον
ἐγενήθημεν τῷ
κόσμῳ, καὶ
ἀγγέλοις καὶ
ἀνθρώποις.
10. ἡμεῖς μωροὶ
διὰ Χριστόν,
ὑμεῖς δὲ
φρόνιμοι ἐν
Χριστῷ· ἡμεῖς
ἀσθενεῖς,
ὑμεῖς δὲ ἰσχυροί·
ὑμεῖς ἔνδοξοι,
ἡμεῖς δὲ
ἄτιμοι.
11. ἄχρι τῆς
ἄρτι ὥρας καὶ
πεινῶμεν καὶ
διψῶμεν καὶ
γυμνητεύομεν
καὶ
κολαφιζόμεθα
καὶ ἀστατοῦμεν
12. καὶ
κοπιῶμεν
ἐργαζόμενοι
ταῖς ἰδίαις
χερσί· λοιδορούμενοι
εὐλογοῦμεν,
διωκόμενοι
ἀνεχόμεθα,
13.
βλασφημούμενοι
παρακαλοῦμεν·
ὡς
περικαθάρματα
τοῦ κόσμου
ἐγενήθημεν,
πάντων
περίψημα ἕως
ἄρτι.
14. Οὐκ
ἐντρέπων ὑμᾶς
γράφω ταῦτα,
ἀλλ' ὡς τέκνα
μου ἀγαπητὰ
νουθετῶ.
15. ἐὰν γὰρ
μυρίους
παιδαγωγοὺς
ἔχητε ἐν
Χριστῷ, ἀλλ' οὐ
πολλοὺς
πατέρας· ἐν γὰρ
Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ
διὰ τοῦ
εὐαγγελίου
ἐγὼ ὑμᾶς
ἐγέννησα.
16. παρακαλῶ
οὖν ὑμᾶς,
μιμηταί μου
γίνεσθε.
17. Διὰ τοῦτο
ἔπεμψα ὑμῖν
Τιμόθεον, ὅς
ἐστι τέκνον μου
ἀγαπητὸν καὶ
πιστὸν ἐν
Κυρίῳ, ὃς ὑμᾶς
ἀναμνήσει τὰς
ὁδούς μου τὰς
ἐν Χριστῷ,
καθὼς πανταχοῦ
ἐν πάσῃ
ἐκκλησίᾳ
διδάσκω.
18. Ὡς μὴ
ἐρχομένου δέ
μου πρὸς ὑμᾶς
ἐφυσιώθησάν
τινες·
19. ἐλεύσομαι
δὲ ταχέως πρὸς
ὑμᾶς, ἐὰν ὁ
Κύριος θελήσῃ,
καὶ γνώσομαι
οὐ τὸν λόγον
τῶν
πεφυσιωμένων, ἀλλὰ
τὴν δύναμιν·
20. οὐ γὰρ ἐν
λόγῳ ἡ
βασιλεία τοῦ
Θεοῦ, ἀλλ' ἐν δυνάμει.
21. τί θέλετε; ἐν
ῥάβδῳ ἔλθω
πρὸς ὑμᾶς, ἢ ἐν
ἀγάπῃ πνεύματί
τε πρᾳότητος;
I Corinthians, Chapter 4 (KJV)
1. Let a man so account of us,
as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
2. Moreover it is required in stewards,
that a man be found faithful.
3. But with me it is a very small thing that
I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine
own self.
4. For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not
hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
5. Therefore judge nothing 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 of God.
6. And these things, brethren, I have in a figure
transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn
in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you
be puffed up for one against another.
7. For who maketh thee to differ from another
? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive
it , why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it ?
8. Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have
reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also
might reign with you.
9. For I think that God hath set forth us the
apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle
unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
10. We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are
wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but
we are despised.
11. Even unto this present hour we both hunger,
and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
12. And labour, working with our own hands: being
reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
13. Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as
the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this
day.
14. I write not these things to shame you, but
as my beloved sons I warn you .
15. For though ye have ten thousand instructors
in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten
you through the gospel.
16. Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers
of me.
17. For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus,
who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into
remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every
church.
18. Now some are puffed up, as though I would
not come to you.
19. But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord
will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the
power.
20. For the kingdom of God is not in word, but
in power.
21. What will ye? shall I come unto you with
a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
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