1 Corinthians 4:1

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You should think of us as servants of Christ, the ones God has trusted to do the work of making known his secret truths.

Cross References

1 Peter 4:10

God has shown you his grace in many different ways. So be good servants and use whatever gift he has given you in a way that will best serve each other.

Titus 1:7

An elder has the job of taking care of God’s work. So people should not be able to say that he lives in a wrong way. He must not be someone who is proud and selfish or who gets angry quickly. He must not drink too much, and he must not be someone who likes to fight. He must not be a man who will do almost anything for money.

1 Timothy 3:9

They must follow the true faith that God has now made known to us and always do what they know is right.

2 Corinthians 4:5

We don’t tell people about ourselves. But we tell people that Jesus Christ is Lord, and we tell them that we are your servants for Jesus.

Ephesians 6:19

Also pray for me—that when I speak, God will give me words so that I can tell the secret truth about the Good News without fear.

Colossians 2:2

I want them to be strengthened and joined together with love and to have the full confidence that comes from understanding. I want them to know completely the secret truth that God has made known. That truth is Christ himself.

Romans 16:25

Praise God! He is the one who can make you strong in faith. He can use the Good News that I teach to make you strong. It is the message about Jesus Christ that I tell people. That message is the secret truth that was hidden for ages and ages but has been made known.

Colossians 4:3

Also pray for us. Pray that God will give us an opportunity to tell people his message. I am in prison for doing this. But pray that we can continue to tell people the secret truth that God has made known about Christ.

Ephesians 1:9

he let us know his secret plan. This was what God wanted, and he planned to do it through Christ.

2 Corinthians 12:6

But if I wanted to say more about myself, I would not be a fool, because I would be telling the truth. But I won’t say any more, because I don’t want people to think more of me than what they see me do or hear me say.

2 Corinthians 11:23

Are they serving Christ? I am serving him more. (I am crazy to talk like this.) I have worked much harder than they have. I have been in prison more often. I have been hurt more in beatings. I have been near death many times.

Luke 12:42

The Lord said, “Who is the wise and trusted servant? The master trusts one servant to give the other servants their food at the right time. Who is the servant that the master trusts to do that work?

Matthew 24:45

“Who is the wise and trusted servant? The master trusts one servant to give the other servants their food at the right time. Who is the one the master trusts to do that work?

1 Timothy 3:16

Without a doubt, the secret of our life of worship is great: Christ was shown to us in human form; the Spirit proved that he was right; he was seen by angels. The message about him was told to the nations; people in the world believed in him; he was taken up to heaven in glory.

1 Timothy 3:6

An elder must not be a new believer. It might make him too proud of himself. Then he would be condemned for his pride the same as the devil was.

2 Corinthians 6:4

But in every way we show that we are servants of God. We never give up, even though we face troubles, difficulties, and problems of every kind.

1 Corinthians 4:13

When people say bad things about us, we try to say something that will help them. But people still treat us like the world’s garbage—everyone’s trash.

1 Corinthians 3:5

Is Apollos so important? Is Paul so important? We are only servants of God who helped you believe. Each one of us did the work God gave us to do.

1 Corinthians 2:7

But we speak God’s secret wisdom that has been hidden from everyone until now. God planned this wisdom for our glory. He planned it before the world began.

Mark 4:11

Jesus said, “Only you can know the secret truth about God’s kingdom. But to those other people I tell everything by using stories.

Matthew 13:11

Jesus answered, “Only you can know the secret truths about God’s kingdom. Those other people cannot know these secret truths.

Luke 8:10

He said, “You have been chosen to know the secret truths about God’s kingdom. But I use stories to speak to other people. I do this so that ‘They will look, but they will not see, and they will listen, but they will not understand.’ Isaiah 6:9

Luke 1:2

What they have written agrees with what we learned from the people who saw those events from the beginning. They also served God by telling people his message.

Romans 11:25

I want you to understand this secret truth, brothers and sisters. This truth will help you understand that you don’t know everything. The truth is this: Part of Israel has been made stubborn, but that will change when enough non-Jewish people have come to God.

1 Corinthians 4:2

Those who are trusted with such an important work must show that they are worthy of that trust.