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1 Corinthians 4:1

Young's Literal Translation 1862

Let a man so reckon us as officers of Christ, and stewards of the secrets of God,

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And he answering said to them that -- `To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of the heavens, and to these it hath not been given,

`Who, then, is the servant, faithful and wise, whom his lord did set over his household, to give them the nourishment in season?

and he said to them, `To you it hath been given to know the secret of the reign of God, but to those who are without, in similes are all the things done;

as they did deliver to us, who from the beginning became eye-witnesses, and officers of the Word, --

And the Lord said, `Who, then, is the faithful and prudent steward whom the lord shall set over his household, to give in season the wheat measure?

And he said, `To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of God, and to the rest in similes; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of this secret -- that ye may not be wise in your own conceits -- that hardness in part to Israel hath happened till the fulness of the nations may come in;

And to Him who is able to establish you, according to my good news, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the secret, in the times of the ages having been kept silent,

but we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a secret, that God foreordained before the ages to our glory,

Who, then, is Paul, and who Apollos, but ministrants through whom ye did believe, and to each as the Lord gave?

being spoken evil of, we entreat; as filth of the world we did become -- of all things an offscouring -- till now.

and as to the rest, it is required in the stewards that one may be found faithful,

ministrants of Christ are they? -- as beside myself I speak -- I more; in labours more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths many times;

for if I may wish to boast, I shall not be a fool, for truth I will say; but I forebear, lest any one in regard to me may think anything above what he doth see me, or doth hear anything of me;

for not ourselves do we preach, but Christ Jesus -- Lord, and ourselves your servants because of Jesus;

but in everything recommending ourselves as God's ministrants; in much patience, in tribulations, in necessities, in distresses,

having made known to us the secret of His will, according to His good pleasure, that He purposed in Himself,

and in behalf of me, that to me may be given a word in the opening of my mouth, in freedom, to make known the secret of the good news,

that their hearts may be comforted, being united in love, and to all riches of the full assurance of the understanding, to the full knowledge of the secret of the God and Father, and of the Christ,

praying at the same time also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the secret of the Christ, because of which also I have been bound,

and, confessedly, great is the secret of piety -- God was manifested in flesh, declared righteous in spirit, seen by messengers, preached among nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory!

not a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall to a judgment of the devil;

having the secret of the faith in a pure conscience,

for it behoveth the overseer to be blameless, as God's steward, not self-pleased, nor irascible, not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre;

each, according as he received a gift, to one another ministering it, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;




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