1 कुरिन्थियों 4

1Let a man so account of us as of the ministers of Christ, and the dispensers of the mysteries of God.

2Here now it is required among the dispensers, that a man be found faithful.

3But 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.

4For I am not conscious to myself of any thing, yet am I not hereby justified; but he that judgeth me, is the Lord.

5Therefore 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.

6But 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.

7For 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?

8You 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.

9For 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.

10We 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.

11Even unto this hour we both hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no fixed abode;

12And we labour, working with our own hands: we are reviled, and we bless; we are persecuted, and we suffer it.

13We are blasphemed, and we entreat; we are made as the refuse of this world, the offscouring of all even until now.

14I write not these things to confound you; but I admonish you as my dearest children.

15For if you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, by the gospel, I have begotten you.

16Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me, as I also am of Christ.

17For 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.

18As if I would not come to you, so some are puffed up.

19But 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.

20For the kingdom of God is not in speech, but in power.

21What will you? shall I come to you with a rod; or in charity, and in the spirit of meekness?

1Sic nos existimet homo ut ministros Christi, et dispensatores mysteriorum Dei.

2Hic jam quæritur inter dispensatores ut fidelis quis inveniatur.

3Mihi autem pro minimo est ut a vobis judicer, aut ab humano die: sed neque meipsum judico.

4Nihil enim mihi conscius sum, sed non in hoc justificatus sum: qui autem judicat me, Dominus est.

5Itaque nolite ante tempus judicare, quoadusque veniat Dominus: qui et illuminabit abscondita tenebrarum, et manifestabit consilia cordium: et tunc laus erit unicuique a Deo.

6Hæc autem, fratres, transfiguravi in me et Apollo, propter vos: ut in nobis discatis, ne supra quam scriptum est, unus adversus alterum infletur pro alio.

7Quis enim te discernit? quid autem habes quod non accepisti? si autem accepisti, quid gloriaris quasi non acceperis?

8Jam saturati estis, jam divites facti estis: sine nobis regnatis: et utinam regnetis, ut et nos vobiscum regnemus.

9Puto enim quod Deus nos Apostolos novissimos ostendit, tamquam morti destinatos: quia spectaculum facti sumus mundo, et angelis, et hominibus.

10Nos stulti propter Christum, vos autem prudentes in Christo: nos infirmi, vos autem fortes: vos nobiles, nos autem ignobiles.

11Usque in hanc horam et esurimus, et sitimus, et nudi sumus, et colaphis cædimur, et instabiles sumus,

12et laboramus operantes manibus nostris: maledicimur, et benedicimus: persecutionem patimur, et sustinemus:

13blasphemamur, et obsecramus: tamquam purgamenta hujus mundi facti sumus, omnium peripsema usque adhuc.

14Non ut confundam vos, hæc scribo, sed ut filios meos carissimos moneo.

15Nam si decem millia pædagogorum habeatis in Christo, sed non multos patres. Nam in Christo Jesu per Evangelium ego vos genui.

16Rogo ergo vos, imitatores mei estote, sicut et ego Christi.

17Ideo misi ad vos Timotheum, qui est filius meus carissimus, et fidelis in Domino: qui vos commonefaciet vias meas, quæ sunt in Christo Jesu, sicut ubique in omni ecclesia doceo.

18Tamquam non venturus sim ad vos, sic inflati sunt quidam.

19Veniam autem ad vos cito, si Dominus voluerit: et cognoscam non sermonem eorum qui inflati sunt, sed virtutem.

20Non enim in sermone est regnum Dei, sed in virtute.

21Quid vultis? in virga veniam ad vos, an in caritate, et spiritu mansuetudinis?

1Accordingly, let man consider us to be ministers of Christ and attendants of the mysteries of God.

2Here and now, it is required of attendants that each one be found to be faithful.

3But as for me, it is such a small thing to be judged by you, or by the age of mankind. And neither do I judge myself.

4For I have nothing on my conscience. But I am not justified by this. For the Lord is the One who judges me.

5And so, do not choose to judge before the time, until the Lord returns. He will illuminate the hidden things of the darkness, and he will make manifest the decisions of hearts. And then each one shall have praise from God.

6And so, brothers, I have presented these things in myself and in Apollo, for your sakes, so that you may learn, through us, that no one should be inflated against one person and for another, not beyond what has been written.

7For what distinguishes you from another? And what do you have that you have not received? But if you have received it, why do you glory, as if you had not received it?

8So, now you have been filled, and now you have been made wealthy, as if to reign without us? But I wish that you would reign, so that we, too, might reign with you!

9For I think that God has presented us as the last Apostles, as those destined for death. For we have been made into a spectacle for the world, and for Angels, and for men.

10So we are fools because of Christ, but you are discerning in Christ? We are weak, but you are strong? You are noble, but we are ignoble?

11Even to this very hour, we hunger and thirst, and we are naked and repeatedly beaten, and we are unsteady.

12And we labor, working with our own hands. We are slandered, and so we bless. We suffer and endure persecution.

13We are cursed, and so we pray. We have become like the refuse of this world, like the reside of everything, even until now.

14I am not writing these things in order to confound you, but in order to admonish you, as my dearest sons.

15For you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, but not so many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, through the Gospel, I have begotten you.

16Therefore, I beg you, be imitators of me, just as I am of Christ.

17For this reason, I have sent you Timothy, who is my dearest son, and who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways, which are in Christ Jesus, just as I teach everywhere, in every church.

18Certain persons have become inflated in thinking that I would not return to you.

19But I will return to you soon, if the Lord is willing. And I will consider, not the words of those who are inflated, but the virtue.

20For the kingdom of God is not in words, but in virtue.

21What would you prefer? Should I return to you with a rod, or with charity and a spirit of meekness?