1 | outwV hmaV logizesqw anqrwpoV wV uphretaV cristou kai oikonomouV musthriwn qeou
4:1 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. |
2 | o de loipon zhteitai en toiV oikonomoiV ina pistoV tiV eureqh
4:2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. |
3 | emoi de eiV elaciston estin ina uf umwn anakriqw h upo anqrwpinhV hmeraV all oude emauton anakrinw
4:3 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 | ouden gar emautw sunoida all ouk en toutw dedikaiwmai o de anakrinwn me kurioV estin
4:4 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord. |
5 | wste mh pro kairou ti krinete ewV an elqh o kurioV oV kai fwtisei ta krupta tou skotouV kai fanerwsei taV boulaV twn kardiwn kai tote o epainoV genhsetai ekastw apo tou qeou
4:5 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 | tauta de adelfoi meteschmatisa eiV emauton kai apollw di umaV ina en hmin maqhte to mh uper o gegraptai fronein ina mh eiV uper tou enoV fusiousqe kata tou eterou
4:6 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 | tiV gar se diakrinei ti de eceiV o ouk elabeV ei de kai elabeV ti kaucasai wV mh labwn
4:7 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 | hdh kekoresmenoi este hdh eplouthsate cwriV hmwn ebasileusate kai ofelon ge ebasileusate ina kai hmeiV umin sumbasileuswmen
4:8 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 | dokw gar oti o qeoV hmaV touV apostolouV escatouV apedeixen wV epiqanatiouV oti qeatron egenhqhmen tw kosmw kai aggeloiV kai anqrwpoiV
4:9 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 | hmeiV mwroi dia criston umeiV de fronimoi en cristw hmeiV asqeneiV umeiV de iscuroi umeiV endoxoi hmeiV de atimoi
4:10 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 | acri thV arti wraV kai peinwmen kai diywmen kai gumnhteuomen kai kolafizomeqa kai astatoumen
4:11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace; |
12 | kai kopiwmen ergazomenoi taiV idiaiV cersin loidoroumenoi eulogoumen diwkomenoi anecomeqa
4:12 And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: |
13 | blasfhmoumenoi parakaloumen wV perikaqarmata tou kosmou egenhqhmen pantwn periyhma ewV arti
4:13 Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, [and are] the offscouring of all things unto this day. |
14 | ouk entrepwn umaV grafw tauta all wV tekna mou agaphta nouqetw
4:14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn [you]. |
15 | ean gar muriouV paidagwgouV echte en cristw all ou pollouV pateraV en gar cristw ihsou dia tou euaggeliou egw umaV egennhsa
4:15 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 | parakalw oun umaV mimhtai mou ginesqe
4:16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. |
17 | dia touto epemya umin timoqeon oV estin teknon mou agaphton kai piston en kuriw oV umaV anamnhsei taV odouV mou taV en cristw kaqwV pantacou en pash ekklhsia didaskw
4:17 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 | wV mh ercomenou de mou proV umaV efusiwqhsan tineV
4:18 Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you. |
19 | eleusomai de tacewV proV umaV ean o kurioV qelhsh kai gnwsomai ou ton logon twn pefusiwmenwn alla thn dunamin
4:19 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 | ou gar en logw h basileia tou qeou all en dunamei
4:20 For the kingdom of God [is] not in word, but in power. |
21 | ti qelete en rabdw elqw proV umaV h en agaph pneumati te praothtoV
4:21 What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and [in] the spirit of meekness? |
