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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>1 Corinthians 4 Mace New Testament</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_corinthians/4.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/1_corinthians/4-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Mace</a> > 1 Corinthians 4</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_corinthians/3.htm" title="1 Corinthians 3">◄</a> 1 Corinthians 4 <a href="../1_corinthians/5.htm" title="1 Corinthians 5">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Mace New Testament</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/1_corinthians/4-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Servants of Christ<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Let men consider us, as the ministers of Christ, who dispense the divine mysteries. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>now it is required in a steward, that he be found faithful. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>as for me, it is a matter of no great concern that I should be called to account by you, or any human authority; not that I am my own judge; <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>(for though I am not conscious to my self of any unfaithfulness, yet am I not hereby absolved:) but he that is my supreme judge, is the Lord. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>therefore suspend your judgment till the Lord comes, who will bring to light the secrets of darkness, and expose the counsels of mens hearts: and then shall every man have his due reward from God.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>These things, my brethren, I have represented to you in my own person, and that of Apollos, out of respect to you: to show you how to moderate your esteem by the rule prescrib'd, that you may not be transported in favour of one rather than another. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>for who has distinguish'd thee above another? or what have you, that you did not receive? now if you did receive it, why do you glory as if you had not received it?<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>You have already a sufficiency, you already abound, you live like princes in our absence: and would to God you did reign, that we too might have the advantage of your administration. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>for it seems as if God had exposed us apostles the last upon the stage, as persons appointed to death, for we are made a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>we are made fools for our attachment to Christ, while you, who are christians too, still pass for the wise: we are in poverty, but you are in power: you meet with esteem, but we find contempt. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>to this very day we suffer both hunger, thirst, and penury: we are buffeted from place to place, as vagabonds: <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>we are fatigu'd by our manual toil: when reviled, we pray: when persecuted, we don't repine: <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>and when we are defamed, we intreat: in a word, we are look'd upon as the dregs and scum of mankind, even to this day.<p> <A name="15"></a><p class="hdg">Paul’s Fatherly Warning<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>This I don't write to give you any confusion, but by way of remonstrance, to you who are my dear children. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>for though you may have ten thousand christian preceptors, you cannot have many fathers; since it was I that first instructed you in the gospel of Christ Jesus: <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>and therefore I intreat you, to copy after me. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>'tis for this end I have sent you Timothy, who is my dear disciple, and a faithful christian, who will inform you how I behave my self in every church where I teach the gospel of Christ. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Some make their boast as if I would not come to you. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>but if the Lord pleases, I will visit you very soon; and then I shall try, not what these boasters can say, but what they can do: <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>for the gospel dispensation does not consist in talk, but in power. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Which would you chuse, that I should come to you arm'd with resentment? 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