| 1 | Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. |
| 2 | Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found 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. |
| 4 | For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord. |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 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 | 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 | Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace; |
| 12 | And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: |
| 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 write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn {you}. |
| 15 | For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet {have ye} not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. |
| 16 | Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. |
| 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 | Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come 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. |
| 20 | For the kingdom of God {is} not in word, but in power. |
| 21 | What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and {in} the spirit of meekness? |