1 Corinthians 4:1

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

A person should think of us in this way: as servants  of Christ and managers  of the mysteries of God.

Cross References

1 Peter 4:10

Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve others,  as good stewards of the varied grace of God.

Titus 1:7

As an overseer  of God’s household, he must be blameless, not arrogant, not hot-tempered, not an excessive drinker, not a bully, not greedy for money,

1 Timothy 3:9

holding the mystery of the faith  with a clear conscience.

2 Corinthians 4:5

For we are not proclaiming ourselves but Jesus Christ as Lord,  and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’s sake.

Ephesians 6:19

Pray also for me, that the message may be given to me when I open my mouth to make known with boldness  the mystery of the gospel.

Colossians 2:2

I want their hearts to be encouraged  and joined together in love, so that they may have all the riches of complete understanding and have the knowledge of God’s mystery   #– #Christ.  ,

Romans 16:25

Now to him who is able to strengthen you  according to my gospel and the proclamation about Jesus Christ,  according to the revelation of the mystery kept silent  for long ages

Colossians 4:3

At the same time, pray also for us that God may open a door  to us for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ,  for which I am in chains,

Ephesians 1:9

He made known to us the mystery of his will,  according to his good pleasure that he purposed in Christ

2 Corinthians 12:6

For if I want to boast, I wouldn’t be a fool, because I would be telling the truth.  But I will spare you, so that no one can credit me with something beyond what he sees in me or hears from me,

2 Corinthians 11:23

Are they servants of Christ? I’m talking like a madman #– #I’m a better one: with far more labours, many more imprisonments, far worse beatings, many times near death.

Luke 12:42

The Lord said, ‘Who then is the faithful and sensible manager   his master will put in charge of his household servants to give them their allotted food   at the proper time?

Matthew 24:45

‘Who then is a faithful and wise servant,   whom his master has put in charge of his household, to give them food at the proper time?

1 Timothy 3:16

And most certainly, the mystery of godliness  is great: He  was manifested in the flesh, vindicated in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed  on in the world, taken up in glory.

1 Timothy 3:6

He must not be a new convert, or he might become conceited and incur the same condemnation as the devil.

2 Corinthians 6:4

Instead, as God’s ministers, we commend ourselves in everything: by great endurance, by afflictions, by hardships, by difficulties,

1 Corinthians 4:13

when we are slandered, we respond graciously. Even now, we are like the scum of the earth, like everyone’s rubbish.

1 Corinthians 3:5

What then is Apollos? What is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, and each has the role the Lord has given.

1 Corinthians 2:7

On the contrary, we speak God’s hidden wisdom in a mystery, a wisdom God predestined  before the ages for our glory.

Mark 4:11

He answered them, ‘The secret   of the kingdom of God   has been given to you, but to those outside,   everything comes in parables

Matthew 13:11

He answered, ‘Because the secrets of the kingdom of heaven have been given for you to know,   but it has not been given to them.

Luke 8:10

So he said, ‘The secrets of the kingdom of God have been given for you   to know, but to the rest it is in parables, so that Looking they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.   ,

Luke 1:2

just as the original eye-witnesses  and servants of the word  handed them down to us.

Romans 11:25

I don’t want you to be ignorant  of this mystery,  brothers and sisters, so that you will not be conceited:  A partial hardening has come upon Israel  until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.

1 Corinthians 4:2

In this regard, it is required that managers be found faithful.