They did not ask an accounting from those into whose hand they delivered the silver to pay out to the workers, for they dealt honestly.
1 Corinthians 4:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found trustworthy. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Moreover, it is [essentially] required of stewards that a man should be found faithful [proving himself worthy of trust]. American Standard Version (1901) Here, moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. Common English Bible In this kind of situation, what is expected of a manager is that they prove to be faithful. Catholic Public Domain Version Here and now, it is required of attendants that each one be found to be faithful. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Here now it is required among the dispensers, that a man be found faithful. |
They did not ask an accounting from those into whose hand they delivered the silver to pay out to the workers, for they dealt honestly.
But no accounting shall be asked from them for the silver that is delivered into their hand, for they deal honestly.”
His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and trustworthy slave; you have been trustworthy in a few things; I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.’
His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and trustworthy slave; you have been trustworthy in a few things; I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.’
And the Lord said, “Who, then, is the faithful and prudent manager whom his master will put in charge of his slaves, to give them their allowance of food at the proper time?
Think of us in this way: as servants of Christ and stewards of God’s mysteries.
For this reason I sent you Timothy, who is my beloved and trustworthy child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ Jesus, as I teach them everywhere in every church.
But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court. I do not even judge myself.
Now concerning virgins, I have no command of the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.
For we are not peddlers of God’s word like so many, but as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God, we are speaking in Christ before God.
We have renounced the shameful, underhanded ways; we refuse to practice cunning or to falsify God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we commend ourselves to the conscience of everyone in the sight of God.
This you learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,
And say to Archippus, “See that you complete the task that you have received in the Lord.”
Tychicus will tell you all the news about me; he is a beloved brother, a faithful minister, and a fellow servant in the Lord.