1 Corinthians 4

KING JAMES BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.	1 Accordingly, let man consider us to be ministers of Christ and attendants of the mysteries of God.
2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.	2 Here and now, it is required of attendants that each one be found to be 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.	3 But as for me, it is such a small thing to be judged by you, or by the age of mankind. And neither do I judge myself.
4 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.	4 For I have nothing on my conscience. But I am not justified by this. For the Lord is the One who judges me.
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.	5 And so, do not choose to judge before the time, until the Lord returns. He will illuminate the hidden things of the darkness, and he will make manifest the decisions of hearts. And then each one shall have praise from 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.	6 And so, brothers, I have presented these things in myself and in Apollo, for your sakes, so that you may learn, through us, that no one should be inflated against one person and for another, not beyond what has been written.
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?	7 For what distinguishes you from another? And what do you have that you have not received? But if you have received it, why do you glory, as if you had 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.	8 So, now you have been filled, and now you have been made wealthy, as if to reign without us? But I wish that you would reign, so that we, too, 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.	9 For I think that God has presented us as the last Apostles, as those destined for death. For we have been made into a spectacle for the world, and for Angels, and for 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.	10 So we are fools because of Christ, but you are discerning in Christ? We are weak, but you are strong? You are noble, but we are ignoble?
11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;	11 Even to this very hour, we hunger and thirst, and we are naked and repeatedly beaten, and we are unsteady.
12 And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:	12 And we labor, working with our own hands. We are slandered, and so we bless. We suffer and endure persecution.
13 Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.	13 We are cursed, and so we pray. We have become like the refuse of this world, like the reside of everything, even until now.
14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.	14 I am not writing these things in order to confound you, but in order to admonish you, as my dearest sons.
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.	15 For you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, but not so many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, through the Gospel, I have begotten you.
16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.	16 Therefore, I beg you, be imitators of me, just as I am of Christ.
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.	17 For this reason, I have sent you Timothy, who is my dearest son, and who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways, which are in Christ Jesus, just as I teach everywhere, in every church.
18 Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.	18 Certain persons have become inflated in thinking that I would not return 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.	19 But I will return to you soon, if the Lord is willing. And I will consider, not the words of those who are inflated, but the virtue.
20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.	20 For the kingdom of God is not in words, but in virtue.
21 What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?	21 What would you prefer? Should I return to you with a rod, or with charity and a spirit of meekness?