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1 Corinthians 4:2 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

2 Furthermore, one thing required of[good] property managers is that they prove dependable.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

2 Moreover, it is [essentially] required of stewards that a man should be found faithful [proving himself worthy of trust].

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American Standard Version (1901)

2 Here, moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

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Common English Bible

2 In this kind of situation, what is expected of a manager is that they prove to be faithful.

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Catholic Public Domain Version

2 Here and now, it is required of attendants that each one be found to be faithful.

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1 Corinthians 4:2
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His master replied, ‘Well done, you are a good and trustworthy servant. You have been trustworthy over a [relatively] few things, so I will place you over many things. Come and share in your master’s joy.’


And the Lord answered, “Who then is the trustworthy and sensible property manager, to whom his master will assign the management of his household, to provide adequate and timely meals for its members?


His master said to him, ‘Well done, you are a good and trustworthy servant. You have been trustworthy over a [relatively] few things, [so] I will place you over many things. Come and share in your master’s joy.’


And tell Archippus [Note: He may have been the preacher at Colosse or Laodicia. See Philemon 1:1-2]; “See to it that you fulfill your ministry [there], which you have received in [the service of] the Lord.”


For we [apostles] are not like so many people, who “peddle” God’s message merely for profit [or, “who corrupt God’s message”], but in Christ’s [service] we proclaim the message from God with sincerity, [realizing we are] in the presence of God.


You learned [this truth] from Epaphras, our dearly loved fellow-slave, who is a faithful minister of Christ [to you] on our behalf.


Now I have no command from the Lord concerning [what you wrote about] unmarried women. [Note: The word here is “virgins” but some think it includes both males and females]. But I give my advice as someone who has received the Lord’s mercy to be counted trustworthy.


Instead, we have renounced [the practice of] secret, disgraceful behavior. We do not practice deception, nor resort to distorting God’s message. But, by making known the truth [i.e., the true message], we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the presence of God.


Tychicus will tell you all about my affairs. [Note: This man probably delivered this letter as well as the one to the Ephesians. See Eph. 6:21]. He is our dearly loved brother and faithful minister and fellow-slave in [the service of] the Lord.


This is the reason that I am sending Timothy to you. He is my dearly loved and faithful [spiritual] son in [the service of] the Lord, and he will remind you of my ways [i.e., my teaching and conduct] which are in [the service of] Christ. I teach these things in every congregation wherever [I go].


So, a person should look at us as servants of Christ and property managers entrusted with the secret truths of God.


But it is a small matter for me to be judged by you or by any human court, for I do not [even] judge myself [to be wrong].


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