1 Corinthians 4:1
Let us be so accounted of by you, as the servants of Messiah, and the stewards of the mysteries of God.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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
2Now it is required of stewards, that each be found faithful.
Cross References
Matthew 24:45Who then, is that faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath placed over his domestics, to give them their food in its time?
Luke 8:10And he said to them: To you it is given, to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God; but to others, it is spoken in allegories; that, while seeing, they may not see, and while hearing, may not understand.
Luke 16:1And he spoke a parable to his disciples. There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and accusations were brought to him of him, that he squandered his property.
1 Corinthians 2:7But we speak the wisdom of God, in a mystery; the wisdom which was hidden, and which God predetermined before the world was, for our glory:
1 Corinthians 4:13they revile us, and we entreat them: we are as the filth of the world, and the expiation for all men, up to this time.
2 Corinthians 4:5For it is not ourselves that we preach, but the Messiah, Jesus our Lord; and, as to ourselves, that we are your servants for Jesus' sake.
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 →