{"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/kjv/1-corinthians/4","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T04:28:50.777Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 stewards of the mysteries of God."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Therefore judge nothing 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 of God."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and <i>to</i> Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think <i>of men</i> above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"For who maketh thee to differ <i>from another</i>? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive <i>it</i>, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received <i>it</i>?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"We <i>are</i> fools for Christ's sake, but ye <i>are</i> wise in Christ; we <i>are</i> weak, but ye <i>are</i> strong; ye <i>are</i> honourable, but we <i>are</i> despised."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, <i>and are</i> the offscouring of all things unto this day."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn <i>you</i>."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet <i>have ye</i> not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"For the kingdom of God <i>is</i> not in word, but in power."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and <i>in</i> the spirit of meekness?"}],"citation":{"inline":"1 Corinthians 4 (KJV)","markdown":"[1 Corinthians 4](https://primebible.com/kjv/1-corinthians/4)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/1-corinthians/4 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}