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1 Peter 4:10

James Moffatt - New Testament

You must serve one another, each with the talent he has received, as efficient stewards of God's varied grace.

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for the Son of man himself has not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

God is not unfair; he will not forget what you have done, or the love you have shown for his sake in ministering, as you still do, to the saints.

But by God's grace I am what I am. The grace he showed me did not go for nothing; no, I have done far more work than all of them — though it was not I but God's grace at my side.

In virtue of my commission from God, I laid the foundation of the house like an expert master-builder. It remains for another to build on this foundation. Whoever he is, let him be careful how he builds.

he granted some men to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, some to shepherd and teach,

Such was their decision; and yet this is a debt they owe to these people, for if the Gentiles have shared their spiritual blessings, they owe them a debt of aid in material blessings.

[For a bishop must be above reproach — he is a steward of God's house — he must not be presumptuous or hot-tempered or a drunkard or violent or addicted to pilfering;

less than the least of all saints as I am, this grace was vouchsafed me, that I should bring the Gentiles the gospel of the fathomless wealth of Christ

The Lord said, "Well, where is the trusty, thoughtful steward whom the lord and master will set over his establishment to give out supplies at the proper time?

Who singles you out, my brother? What do you possess that has not been given you? And if it was given you, why do you boast as if it had been gained, not given?

He first called his ten servants, giving them each a five-pound note, and telling them, 'Trade with this till I come back.'

Joanna the wife of Chuza the chancellor of Herod, Susanna, and a number of others, who ministered to him out of their means.

I appeal to you too, as a worker with God, do not receive the grace of God in vain.

At the moment I am off to Jerusalem on an errand to the saints.

Then they will answer too, 'Lord, when did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or unclothed or ill or in prison, and did not minister to you?'

just as the Son of man has not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

(may he find favour with the Lord on the great Day! The Lord grant it!). And you know very well what a help he was to me in Ephesus.

Now where is the trusty and thoughtful servant, whom his lord and master has set over his household to assign them their supplies at the proper time?

This gospel of the Reign shall be preached all over the wide world as a testimony to all the Gentiles, and then the end will come.

Indeed it is quite superfluous for me to be writing to you about this charitable service to the saints;

for there will be sore misery then, such as never has been from the beginning of the world till now — no and never shall be.

Once you have suffered for a little, the God of all grace who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, will repair and recruit and strengthen you.

By the hand of Silvanus, a faithful brother (in my opinion), I have written you these few lines of encouragement, to testify that this is what the true grace of God means. Stand in that grace.

Similarly the servant who had got the five hundred pounds made another five hundred.




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