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1 Corinthians 4

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1 This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. (1Co 9:17; 1Pe 4:10) 2 Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful. 3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself. 4 For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me. (Job 9:2; Job 9:15; Ps 130:3; Ps 143:2; Ac 23:1; 1Jo 3:21) 5 Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his commendation from God. (Mt 7:1; Mt 13:29; Joh 21:22; Ro 2:1; Ro 2:16; 1Co 3:8; 1Co 3:13; 2Co 10:18) 6 I have applied all these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers,[1] that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against another. (1Co 4:18; 1Co 5:2; 1Co 13:4) 7 For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it? (1Ch 29:14; Joh 3:27; Jas 1:17; 1Pe 4:10) 8 Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! Without us you have become kings! And would that you did reign, so that we might share the rule with you! 9 For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men. (Isa 20:3; Ro 8:36; Heb 10:33) 10 We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. (Ac 17:18; Ac 26:24; 1Co 1:18; 1Co 2:3; 2Co 11:19; 2Co 13:9) 11 To the present hour we hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and buffeted and homeless, (Mt 8:20; Ro 8:35; 2Co 11:20; 2Co 11:23; 2Co 11:27; Php 4:12) 12 and we labor, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; (Joh 15:20; Ac 18:3; 1Pe 3:9) 13 when slandered, we entreat. We have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, the refuse of all things. (Isa 30:22; Isa 64:6; La 3:45) 14 I do not write these things to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children. (1Co 6:5; 1Co 15:34; 2Co 6:13; 1Th 2:11; 3Jo 1:4) 15 For though you have countless[2] guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. (1Co 3:10; Ga 4:19; Phm 1:10) 16 I urge you, then, be imitators of me. (1Co 11:1; Php 3:17; Php 4:9; 1Th 1:6; 2Th 3:9) 17 That is why I sent[3] you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ,[4] as I teach them everywhere in every church. (1Co 7:17; 1Co 16:10; 1Ti 1:2; 2Ti 1:2) 18 Some are arrogant, as though I were not coming to you. (1Co 4:6; 1Co 4:21; 2Co 10:2) 19 But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will find out not the talk of these arrogant people but their power. (Ac 19:21; Ac 20:2; 1Co 11:34; 1Co 16:5; 2Co 1:15) 20 For the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power. (1Co 2:4) 21 What do you wish? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love in a spirit of gentleness? (2Co 1:23; 2Co 2:1; 2Co 2:3; 2Co 12:20; 2Co 13:2; 2Co 13:10) 

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1 Corinthians 4

الكتاب المقدس



1 فَلْيَنْظُرْ إِلَيْنَا النَّاسُ بِاعْتِبَارِنَا خُدَّاماً لِلْمَسِيحِ وَوُكَلاءَ عَلَى أَسْرَارِ اللهِ. 2 وَالْمَطْلُوبُ مِنَ الْوُكَلاءِ، قَبْلَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، أَنْ يُوجَدَ كُلٌّ مِنْهُمْ أَمِيناً. 3 أَمَّا أَنَا، فَأَقَلُّ مَا أَهْتَمُّ بِهِ هُوَ أَنْ يَتِمَّ الْحُكْمُ فِيَّ مِنْ قِبَلِكُمْ أَوْ مِنْ قِبَلِ مَحْكَمَةٍ بَشَرِيَّةٍ. بَلْ أَنَا بِذَاتِي لَسْتُ أَحْكُمُ عَلَى نَفْسِي. 4 فَإِنَّ ضَمِيرِي لَا يُؤَنِّبُنِي بِشَيْءٍ، وَلَكِنِّي لَسْتُ أَعْتَمِدُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ لِتَبْرِيرِ نَفْسِي. فَإِنَّ الَّذِي يَحْكُمُ فِيَّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ. 5 إِذَنْ، لَا تَحْكُمُوا فِي شَيْءٍ قَبْلَ الأَوَانِ، رَيْثَمَا يَرْجِعُ الرَّبُّ الَّذِي سَيُسَلِّطُ النُّورَ عَلَى الأَشْيَاءِ الَّتِي يَحْجُبُهَا الظَّلامُ الآنَ، وَيَكْشِفُ نِيَّاتِ الْقُلُوبِ، عِنْدَئِذٍ يَنَالُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ حَقَّهُ مِنَ الْمَدْحِ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ! 6 فِيمَا سَبَقَ، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، قَدَّمْتُ نَفْسِي وَأَبُلُّوسَ إِيضَاحاً لَكُمْ، لِتَتَعَلَّمُوا مِنَّا أَنْ لَا تُحَلِّقُوا بِأَفْكَارِكُمْ فَوْقَ مَا قَدْ كُتِبَ، فَلا يُفَاخِرَ أَحَدُكُمُ الآخَرَ تَحَزُّباً لأَحَدٍ. 7 فَمَنْ جَعَلَكَ مُتَمَيِّزاً عَنْ غَيْرِكَ؟ وَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ مِمَّا لَكَ لَمْ تَكُنْ قَدْ أَخَذْتَهُ هِبَةً؟ وَمَادُمْتَ قَدْ أَخَذْتَ، فَلِمَاذَا تَتَبَاهَى كَأَنَّكَ لَمْ تَأْخُذْ؟ 8 إِنَّكُمْ قَدْ شَبِعْتُمْ وَقَدِ اغْتَنَيْتُمْ! قَدْ صِرْتُمْ مُلُوكاً وَتَخَلَّيْتُمْ عَنَّا! وَيَا لَيْتَكُمْ مُلُوكٌ حَقّاً فَنَشْتَرِكَ مَعَكُمْ فِي الْمُلْكِ! 9 فَإِنِّي أَرَى أَنَّ اللهَ عَرَضَنَا، نَحْنُ الرُّسُلَ، فِي آخِرِ الْمَوْكِبِ كَأَنَّهُ مَحْكُومٌ عَلَيْنَا بِالْمَوْتِ، لأَنَّنَا صِرْنَا مَعْرِضاً لِلْعَالَمِ، لِلْمَلائِكَةِ وَالْبَشَرِ مَعاً. 10 نَحْنُ جُهَلاءُ مِنْ أَجْلِ الْمَسِيحِ، وَأَنْتُمْ حُكَمَاءُ فِي الْمَسِيحِ. نَحْنُ ضُعَفَاءُ وَأَنْتُمْ أَقْوِيَاءُ. أَنْتُمْ مُكَرَّمُونَ وَنَحْنُ مُهَانُونَ. 11 فَمَازِلْنَا حَتَّى هَذِهِ السَّاعَةِ نَجُوعُ وَنَعْطَشُ، وَنَعْرَى وَنُلْطَمُ وَلَيْسَ لَنَا مَأْوَى 12 وَنُجْهِدُ أَنْفُسَنَا فِي الشُّغْلِ بِأَيْدِينَا. نَتَعَرَّضُ لِلإِهَانَةِ فَنُبَارِكُ، وَلِلاضْطِهَادِ فَنَحْتَمِلُ 13 وَلِلتَّجْرِيحِ فَنُسَالِمُ. صِرْنَا كَأَقْذَارِ الْعَالَمِ وَنُفَايَةِ الْجَمِيعِ، وَمَازِلْنَا! 



14 لَا أَكْتُبُ هَذَا تَخْجِيلاً لَكُمْ، بَلْ أُنَبِّهُكُمْ بِاعْتِبَارِكُمْ أَوْلادِيَ الأَحِبَّاءَ. 15 فَقَدْ يَكُونُ لَكُمْ عَشَرَةُ آلافٍ مِنَ الْمُرْشِدِينَ فِي الْمَسِيحِ، وَلكِنْ لَيْسَ لَكُمْ آبَاءُ كَثِيرُونَ! لأَنِّي أَنَا وَلَدْتُكُمْ فِي الْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ بِالإِنْجِيلِ. 16 فَأَدْعُوكُمْ إِذَنْ إِلَى الاقْتِدَاءِ بِي. 17 لِهَذَا السَّبَبِ عَيْنِهِ أَرْسَلْتُ إِلَيْكُمْ تِيمُوثَاوُسَ، ابْنِي الْحَبِيبَ الأَمِينَ فِي الرَّبِّ، فَهُوَ يُذَكِّرُكُمْ بِطُرُقِي فِي السُّلُوكِ فِي الْمَسِيحِ كَمَا أُعَلِّمُ بِها فِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ فِي جَمِيعِ الْكَنَائِسِ. 18 فَإِنَّ بَعْضاً مِنْكُمْ ظَنُّوا أَنِّي لَنْ آتِيَ إِلَيْكُمْ فَانْتَفَخُوا تَكَبُّراً! 19 وَلَكِنِّي سَآتِي إِلَيْكُمْ عَاجِلاً، إِنْ شَاءَ الرَّبُّ، فَأَخْتَبِرُ لَا كَلامَ هؤُلاءِ الْمُنْتَفِخِينَ بَلْ قُوَّتَهُمْ. 20 فَإِنَّ مَلَكُوتَ اللهِ لَيْسَ بِالْكَلامِ، بَلْ بِالْقُدْرَةِ. 21 كَيْفَ تُفَضِّلُونَ أَنْ آتِيَ إِلَيْكُمْ: أَبِالْعَصَا أَوْ بِالْمَحَبَّةِ وَرُوحِ الْوَدَاعَةِ؟ 

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