1 Corinthians 4

NEW JERUSALEM	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 People should think of us as Christ's servants, stewards entrusted with the mysteries of God.	1 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
2 In such a matter, what is expected of stewards is that each one should be found trustworthy.	2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
3 It is of no importance to me how you or any other human court may judge me: I will not even be thejudge of my own self.	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 It is true that my conscience does not reproach me, but that is not enough to justify me: it is the Lordwho is my judge.	4 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
5 For that reason, do not judge anything before the due time, until the Lord comes; he wil bring to lighteverything that is hidden in darkness and reveal the designs of al hearts. Then everyone wil receive from Godthe appropriate commendation.	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 I have applied al this to myself and Apollos for your sakes, so that you can learn how the saying,'Nothing beyond what is written' is true of us: no individual among you must become fil ed with his ownimportance and make comparisons, to another's detriment.	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 Who made you so important? What have you got that was not given to you? And if it was given to you,why are you boasting as though it were your own?	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 You already have everything -- you are rich already -- you have come into your kingdom, without anyhelp from us! Wel , I wish you were kings and we could be kings with you!	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 it seems to me that God has put us apostles on show right at the end, like men condemned todeath: we have been exhibited as a spectacle to the whole universe, both angelic and human.	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 Here we are, fools for Christ's sake, while you are the clever ones in Christ; we are weak, while youare strong; you are honoured, while we are disgraced.	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 To this day, we go short of food and drink and clothes, we are beaten up and we have no homes;	11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
12 we earn our living by labouring with our own hands; when we are cursed, we answer with a blessing;when we are hounded, we endure it passively;	12 And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
13 when we are insulted, we give a courteous answer. We are treated even now as the dregs of theworld, the very lowest scum.	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 am writing al this not to make you ashamed but simply to remind you, as my dear children;	14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
15 for even though you might have ten thousand slaves to look after you in Christ, you still have no morethan one father, and it was I who fathered you in Christ Jesus, by the gospel.	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 That is why I urge you to take me as your pattern	16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
17 and why I have sent you Timothy, a dear and faithful son to me in the Lord, who will remind you of myprinciples of conduct in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church.	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 On the assumption that I was not coming to you, some of you have become filled with your own self-importance;	18 Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.
19 but I shal be coming to you soon, the Lord willing, and then I shal find out not what these self-important people say, but what power they have.	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 consists not in spoken words but in power.	20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
21 What do you want then? Am I to come to you with a stick in my hand or in love, and with a spirit ofgentleness?	21 What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?