1 Corinthians 4:4

New Century Version

I know of no wrong I have done, but this does not make me right before the Lord. The Lord is the One who judges me.

Cross References

Job 15:14

“How can anyone be pure? How can someone born to a woman be good?

Job 25:4

So no one can be good in the presence of God, and no one born to a woman can be pure.

Job 27:6

I will insist that I am right; I will not back down. My conscience will never bother me.

Job 40:4

“I am not worthy; I cannot answer you anything, so I will put my hand over my mouth.

Job 9:20

Even if I were right, my own mouth would say I was wrong; if I were innocent, my mouth would say I was guilty.

Psalm 130:3

Lord, if you punished people for all their sins, no one would be left, Lord.

Psalm 143:2

Don’t judge me, your servant, because no one alive is right before you.

Psalm 19:12

People cannot see their own mistakes. Forgive me for my secret sins.

Psalm 26:12

I stand in a safe place. Lord, I praise you in the great meeting.

Psalm 50:6

God is the judge, and even the skies say he is right. Selah

Proverbs 21:2

You may believe you are doing right, but the Lord judges your reasons.

Proverbs 29:26

Many people want to speak to a ruler, but justice comes only from the Lord.

John 21:17

A third time he said, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” Peter said, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you!” He said to him, “Feed my sheep.

Acts 23:1

Paul looked at the council and said, “Brothers, I have lived my life without guilt feelings before God up to this day.”

Romans 2:13

Hearing the law does not make people right with God. It is those who obey the law who will be right with him.

Romans 4:2

If Abraham was made right by the things he did, he had a reason to brag. But this is not God’s view,

1 Corinthians 4:3

As for myself, I do not care if I am judged by you or by any human court. I do not even judge myself.

1 Corinthians 4:5

So do not judge before the right time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light things that are now hidden in darkness, and will make known the secret purposes of people’s hearts. Then God will praise each one of them.

2 Corinthians 1:12

This is what we are proud of, and I can say it with a clear conscience: In everything we have done in the world, and especially with you, we have had an honest and sincere heart from God. We did this by God’s grace, not by the kind of wisdom the world has.

2 Corinthians 5:10

because we must all stand before Christ to be judged. Each of us will receive what we should get—good or bad—for the things we did in the earthly body.