{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/1-corinthians/4","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T10:45:49.981Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"1 Corinthians","bookSlug":"1-corinthians","chapter":4,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":3,"nextChapter":5,"totalChapters":16,"totalVerses":21},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"LET a man so account of us as of the ministers of Christ, and the dispensers of the mysteries of God. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Here now it is required among the dispensers, that a man be found faithful. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"But to me it is a very small thing to be judged by you, or by man's day; but neither do I judge my own self. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For I am not conscious to myself of any thing, yet am I not hereby justified; but he that judgeth me, is the Lord. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Therefore judge not before the time; until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall every man have praise from God. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"But these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollo, for your sakes; that in us you may learn, that one be not puffed up against the other for another, above that which is written. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"For who distinguisheth thee ? Or what hast thou that thou hast not received ? And if thou hast received, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it ? "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"You are now full; you are now become rich; you reign without us; and I would to God you did reign, that we also might reign with you. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For I think that God hath set forth us apostles, the last, as it were men appointed to death: we are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are honourable, but we without honour. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Even unto this hour we both hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no fixed abode; "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And we labour, working with our own hands: we are reviled, and we bless; we are persecuted, and we suffer it. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"We are blasphemed, and we entreat; we are made as the refuse of this world, the offscouring of all even until now. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I write not these things to confound you; but I admonish you as my dearest children. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"For if you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, by the gospel, I have begotten you. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me, as I also am of Christ. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"For this cause have I sent to you Timothy, who is my dearest son and faithful in the Lord; who will put you in mind of my ways, which are in Christ Jesus; as I teach every where in every church. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"As if I would not come to you, so some are puffed up. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will: and will know, not the speech of them that are puffed up, but the power. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"For the kingdom of God is not in speech, but in power. "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"What will you ? shall I come to you with a rod; or in charity, and in the spirit of meekness ? "}],"citation":{"inline":"1 Corinthians 4 (DRB)","markdown":"[1 Corinthians 4](https://primebible.com/drb/1-corinthians/4)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/1-corinthians/4 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}