He answered, ‘Because the secrets of the kingdom of heaven have been given for you to know, but it has not been given to them.
1 Corinthians 4:1 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised A person should think of us in this way: as servants of Christ and managers of the mysteries of God. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition SO THEN, let us [apostles] be looked upon as ministering servants of Christ and stewards (trustees) of the mysteries (the secret purposes) of God. American Standard Version (1901) Let a man so account of us, as of ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. Common English Bible So a person should think about us this way—as servants of Christ and managers of God’s secrets. Catholic Public Domain Version Accordingly, let man consider us to be ministers of Christ and attendants of the mysteries of God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version LET a man so account of us as of the ministers of Christ, and the dispensers of the mysteries of God. |
He answered, ‘Because the secrets of the kingdom of heaven have been given for you to know, but it has not been given to them.
‘Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master has put in charge of his household, to give them food at the proper time?
He answered them, ‘The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those outside, everything comes in parables
just as the original eye-witnesses and servants of the word handed them down to us.
The Lord said, ‘Who then is the faithful and sensible manager his master will put in charge of his household servants to give them their allotted food at the proper time?
So he said, ‘The secrets of the kingdom of God have been given for you to know, but to the rest it is in parables, so that Looking they may not see, and hearing they may not understand. ,
I don’t want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you will not be conceited: A partial hardening has come upon Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation about Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept silent for long ages
On the contrary, we speak God’s hidden wisdom in a mystery, a wisdom God predestined before the ages for our glory.
What then is Apollos? What is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, and each has the role the Lord has given.
when we are slandered, we respond graciously. Even now, we are like the scum of the earth, like everyone’s rubbish.
Are they servants of Christ? I’m talking like a madman #– #I’m a better one: with far more labours, many more imprisonments, far worse beatings, many times near death.
For if I want to boast, I wouldn’t be a fool, because I would be telling the truth. But I will spare you, so that no one can credit me with something beyond what he sees in me or hears from me,
For we are not proclaiming ourselves but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’s sake.
Instead, as God’s ministers, we commend ourselves in everything: by great endurance, by afflictions, by hardships, by difficulties,
He made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he purposed in Christ
Pray also for me, that the message may be given to me when I open my mouth to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel.
I want their hearts to be encouraged and joined together in love, so that they may have all the riches of complete understanding and have the knowledge of God’s mystery #– #Christ. ,
At the same time, pray also for us that God may open a door to us for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains,
And most certainly, the mystery of godliness is great: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.
He must not be a new convert, or he might become conceited and incur the same condemnation as the devil.
As an overseer of God’s household, he must be blameless, not arrogant, not hot-tempered, not an excessive drinker, not a bully, not greedy for money,
Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve others, as good stewards of the varied grace of God.