2 Corinthians 4:5 - The Scriptures 1998

⁵ For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Messiah יהושע  the Master, and ourselves your servants for the sake of יהושע.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ For what we preach is not ourselves but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves [merely] as your servants (slaves) for Jesus' sake.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.

Common English Bible

⁵ We don’t preach about ourselves. Instead, we preach about Jesus Christ as Lord, and we describe ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’ sake.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ For we are not preaching about ourselves, but about Jesus Christ our Lord. We are merely your servants through Jesus.

2 Corinthians 4:5 Cross References

Matthew 23:8

“But you, do not be called ‘Rabbi,’ for One is your Teacher, the Messiah, and you are all brothers.

Matthew 3:11

“I indeed immerse you in water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to bear. He shall immerse you in the Set-apart Spirit and fire.

John 7:18

“He who speaks from himself is seeking his own esteem, but He who seeks the esteem of the One who sent Him is true, and no unrighteousness is in Him.

Acts 10:36

“He sent the word to the children of Yisra’ĕ

Acts 2:36

“Therefore let all the house of Yisra’ĕ

Acts 5:31

“Him, a Prince and a Saviour, Elohim has exalted to His right hand, to give repentance to Yisra’ĕ

1 Corinthians 1:23

yet we proclaim Messiah impaled, to the Yehuḏ

1 Corinthians 10:33

as I also please all men in all matters, not seeking my own advantage, but that of the many, that they might be saved.

1 Corinthians 12:3

Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of Elohim says יהושע  is a curse, and no one is able to say that יהושע  is Master except by the Set-apart Spirit.

1 Corinthians 15:47

The first man was of the earth, earthy; the second Man is the Master from heaven.

1 Corinthians 2:2

For I resolved not to know any matter among you except יהושע  Messiah and Him impaled.

1 Corinthians 4:15

For if you should have ten thousand instructors in Messiah, yet not many fathers, for in Messiah יהושע  I have brought you forth through the Good News.

1 Corinthians 8:6

for us there is one Elohim, the Father, from whom all came and for whom we live, and one Master יהושע  Messiah, through whom all came and through whom we live.

2 Corinthians 1:19

For the Son of Elohim, יהושע  Messiah, who was proclaimed among you by us – by me, Sila, and Timothy – was not Yea and No, but in Him was Yea.

2 Corinthians 1:24

Not that we rule over your belief, but we are fellow workers for your joy, for you stand by belief.

Galatians 5:13

For you, brothers, have been called to freedom, only do not use freedom as an occasion for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

Philippians 1:15

Some indeed proclaim Messiah even from envy and strife, but some also out of pleasure –

Philippians 2:11

and every tongue should confess that יהושע  Messiah is Master, to the esteem of Elohim the Father.

2 Timothy 2:10

So I endure through it all for the sake of the chosen, so that they too obtain deliverance which is in Messiah יהושע  with everlasting esteem.

Titus 1:11

whose mouths have to be stopped, who upset entire households, teaching what they should not teach, for the sake of filthy gain.

2 Peter 2:3

and in greed, with fabricated words, they shall use you for gain. From of old their judgment does not linger, and their destruction does not slumber.