1 Corinthians 4:17

Conservative English Version

That's why I sent Timothy to you. I love him like a son, and he is a faithful servant of the Lord. Timothy will tell you what I do to follow Christ and how it agrees with what I always teach about Christ in every church.

Cross References

Proverbs 13:17

Whoever delivers your message can make things better or worse for you.

Numbers 12:7

But my servant Moses is the leader of my people.

Matthew 24:45

Who are faithful and wise servants? Who are the ones the master will put in charge of giving the other servants their food supplies at the proper time?

Matthew 25:21

"Wonderful!" his master replied. "You are a good and faithful servant. I left you in charge of only a little, but now I will put you in charge of much more. Come and share in my happiness!"

Matthew 25:23

"Wonderful!" his master replied. "You are a good and faithful servant. I left you in charge of only a little, but now I will put you in charge of much more. Come and share in my happiness!"

Acts 16:1

Paul and Silas went back to Derbe and Lystra, where there was a follower named Timothy. His mother was also a follower. She was Jewish, and his father was Greek.

1 Corinthians 11:16

This is how things are done in all of God's churches, and that's why none of you should argue about what I have said.

1 Corinthians 11:2

I am proud of you, because you always remember me and obey the teachings I gave you.

1 Corinthians 11:34

If you really are hungry, you can eat at home. Then you won't condemn yourselves when you meet together. After I arrive, I will instruct you about the other matters.

1 Corinthians 14:33

God wants everything to be done peacefully and in order. When God's people meet in church,

1 Corinthians 16:1

When you collect money for God's people, I want you to do exactly what I told the churches in Galatia to do.

1 Corinthians 16:10

When Timothy arrives, give him a friendly welcome. He is doing the Lord's work, just as I am.

1 Corinthians 4:14

I am not writing to embarrass you. I want to help you, just as parents help their own dear children.

1 Corinthians 4:15

Ten thousand people may teach you about Christ, but I am your only father. You became my children when I told you about Christ Jesus,

1 Corinthians 4:2

And since our first duty is to be faithful to the one we work for,

1 Corinthians 7:17

In every church I tell the people to stay as they were when the Lord Jesus chose them and God called them to be his own. Now I say the same thing to you.

1 Corinthians 7:25

I don't know of anything that the Lord said about people who have never been married. But I will tell you what I think. And you can trust me, because the Lord has treated me with kindness.

2 Corinthians 8:18

With Titus we are also sending one of the Lord's followers who is well known in every church for spreading the good news.

Ephesians 6:21

I want you to know how I am getting along and what I am doing. That's why I am sending Tychicus to you. He is a dear friend, as well as a faithful servant of the Lord. He will tell you how I am doing, and he will cheer you up.

Philippians 2:19

I want to be encouraged by news about you. So I hope the Lord Jesus will soon let me send Timothy to you.

Philippians 2:22

But you know what kind of person Timothy is. He has worked with me like a son in spreading the good news.

Colossians 1:7

from our good friend Epaphras. He works together with us for Christ and is a faithful worker for you.

Colossians 4:9

Onesimus, that dear and faithful follower from your own group, is coming with him. The two of them will tell you everything that has happened here.

1 Timothy 1:18

Timothy, my son, the instructions I am giving you are based on what some prophets once said about you. If you follow these instructions, you will fight like a good soldier.

1 Timothy 1:2

Timothy, because of our faith, you are like a son to me. I pray that God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ will be kind and merciful to you. May they bless you with peace!

2 Timothy 1:2

Timothy, you are like a dear child to me. I pray that God our Father and our Lord Christ Jesus will be kind and merciful to you and will bless you with peace!

2 Timothy 2:2

You have often heard me teach. Now I want you to tell these same things to followers who can be trusted to tell others.

2 Timothy 3:10

Timothy, you know what I teach and how I live. You know what I want to do and what I believe. You have seen how patient and loving I am, and how in the past I put up with

Titus 1:5

I left you in Crete to do what had been left undone and to appoint leaders for the churches in each town. As I told you,

Revelation 2:10

Don't worry about what you will suffer. The devil will throw some of you into jail, and you will be tested and made to suffer for ten days. But if you are faithful until you die, I will reward you with a glorious life.

Revelation 2:13

I know that you live where Satan has his throne. But you have kept true to my name. Right there where Satan lives, my faithful witness Antipas was taken from you and put to death. Even then you did not give up your faith in me.