1 Corinthians 4:1
Thus let us be accounted of you as ministers of the Meshiha, and stewards of the mysteries of Aloha.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
In Context
2So now is it required of a steward that he be one found faithful.
Cross References
Matthew 24:45WHO is the servant faithful and wise whom his lord shall appoint over the children of his house, to give every one his meat in his time?
Luke 8:10But he said to them, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of Aloha; but to those who are the rest in similitudes is it spoken; that while seeing they may not see, and while hearing they may not understand.
Luke 16:1AND he spake a parable to his disciples: There was a certain rich man who had a house-chief; and he was accused to him that his substance he wasted.
1 Corinthians 2:7but we speak the wisdom of Aloha in the mystery which was hidden, and which Aloha predetermined from before the worlds unto our glorification;
1 Corinthians 4:13they maltreat us, and we pray for them; as the refuse of the world are we made and the execration of all men until now.
2 Corinthians 4:5For we preach not ourselves, but the Meshiha, Jeshu our Lord; but ourselves that we are your servants for the sake of Jeshu.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 4:1
In this chapter the apostle, I. Directs them how to account of him and his fellow-ministers, and therein, tacitly at least, reproves them for their unworthy carriage towards him, ver. 1-6 . II. He cautions them against pride and self-elation, and hints at the many temptations they had to conceive too highly of themselves, and despise him and other apostles, because of the great diversity in their circumstances and condition, ver. 7-13 . III. He challenges their regard to him as their father in Christ, ver. 14-16 .… Read the whole commentary →