1 Corinthians 4

4Let a man so account of us, as of ^athe ministers of Christ, and ^bstewards of ^cthe mysteries of God. ²Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found ^dfaithful. ³But with me it is a very small thing that I should be ^ejudged of you, or of man’s ^†judgment: yea, I ^ejudge not mine own self. ⁴For ^fI know nothing by myself; ^gyet am I not hereby justified: but he that ^ejudgeth me is the Lord. ⁵Therefore ^hjudge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, ⁱwho both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and ^kthen shall every man have ^lpraise of God.

⁶And these things, brethren, ^mI have ⁿin a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us ^onot to think of men above that which is written, ^pthat no one of you ^qbe puffed up for one against another. ⁷For who ^†rmaketh thee to differ from another? and ^swhat hast thou that thou didst not ^treceive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it? ⁸Now ye are full, ^unow ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and ^xI would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you. ⁹For ^yI think that God hath set forth ^||us the apostles last, ^zas it were appointed to death: for ^awe are made a ^†spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men. ^10bWe are fools for Christ’s sake, but ^bbye are wise in Christ; ^cwe are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised. ¹¹Even unto this present hour we both ^dhunger, and ^dthirst, and ^deare naked, and ^fare buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace; ¹²And ^glabour, working with our own hands: ^hbeing reviled, we bless; ⁱbeing persecuted, we suffer it: ¹³Being defamed, we intreat: we are made ^jas the filth of the world, and are ^kthe offscouring of all things unto this day. ¹⁴I write not these things to ^lshame you, but ^mas my beloved sons I warn you. ¹⁵For though ye have ten thousand ⁿinstructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for ^oin Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. ¹⁶Wherefore I beseech you, ^pbe ye followers of me. ¹⁷For this cause have I sent unto you ^qTimotheus, ^rwho is my beloved son, and ^sfaithful in the Lord, who shall ^tbring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, ^uas I teach every where in every church. ¹⁸Now ^xsome are ^ypuffed up, as though I would not come to you. ^19zBut I will come to you shortly, ^aif the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are ^ypuffed up, but the power. ²⁰For the kingdom of God is not in word, but ^bin power. ²¹What will ye? ^cshall I come unto you ^dwith a rod, or in love, and in ^ethe spirit of meekness?