1 Corinthians 4:4

Easy To Read Version

I don’t know of any wrong that I have done. But that does not make me innocent (without guilt). The Lord is the One who judges me.

Cross References

Job 15:14

“A man can’t really be pure.\par A person {\cf2\super [25]} can’t be more right than God!\par

Job 25:4

Compared to God, no person is good.\par No human being {\cf2\super [45]} can really be pure.\par

Job 27:6

I will hold tightly\par to the right things I did.\par I will never stop living right.\par My conscience will never bother me\par as long as I live.\par

Job 40:4

“I am too insignificant to speak!\par What can I say to you?\par I can’t answer you!\par I will put my hand over my mouth.\par

Job 9:20

I am innocent, but the things I say\par make me seem guilty.\par I am innocent, but if I speak\par my mouth proves me guilty.\par

Psalm 130:3

Lord, if you really punished people\par for all of their sins,\par no person would be left alive.\par

Psalm 143:2

Don’t judge me, your servant.\par Never, in all my life, could I ever be judged innocent.\par

Psalm 19:12

\{Lord,\} no person can see all of his own mistakes.\par So don’t let me do secret sins.\par

Psalm 26:12

I am safe from all dangers.\par Lord, I praise you as I stand among\par those who are calling your people\par to the assembly. {\cf2\super [159]} \par

Psalm 50:6

God is the judge,\par and the skies tell about his goodness.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [298]})\i0 \par

Proverbs 21:2

A person thinks everything he does is right. But the Lord judges the real reasons people do things.

Proverbs 29:26

Many people want to be the friends of a ruler. But the Lord is the One that judges people fairly.

John 21:17

A third time Jesus said, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?”

Acts 23:1

Paul looked at the Jewish council meeting and said, “Brothers, I have lived my life in a good way before God. I have always done what I thought was right.”

Romans 2:13

Hearing the law does not make people right with God. The law makes people right with God only if those people always obey everything the law says.

Romans 4:2

If Abraham was made right by the things he did, then he had a reason to boast. But Abraham could not boast before God.

1 Corinthians 4:3

I don’t care if I am judged by you. And I don’t care if I am judged by any human court. I don’t even judge myself.

1 Corinthians 4:5

So don’t judge before the right time; wait until the Lord comes. He will shine light on the things that are hidden in darkness. He will make known the secret purposes of people’s hearts. Then God will give every person the praise he should get.

2 Corinthians 1:12

This is what we are proud of, and I can say with all my heart that it is true: In all the things we have done in the world, we have done everything with an honest and pure heart from God. And this is even more true in the things we have done with you. We did this by God’s grace (kindness), not by the kind of wisdom the world has.

2 Corinthians 5:10

We must all stand before Christ to be judged. Each person will get what he should. Each person will be paid for the things he did—good or bad—when he lived in the earthly body.