1 Corinthians 4

¹Let a man so thinke of vs, as of the ministers of Christ, and disposers of the secrets of God:

²And as for the rest, it is required of the disposers, that euery man be found faithfull.

³As touching me, I passe very litle to be iudged of you, or of mans iudgement: no, I iudge not mine owne selfe.

⁴For I know nothing by my selfe, yet am I not thereby iustified: but he that iudgeth me, is the Lord.

⁵Therefore iudge nothing before the time, vntill the Lord come, who will lighten things that are hid in darkenesse, and make the counsels of the hearts manifest: and then shall euery man haue praise of God.

⁶Nowe these things, brethren, I haue figuratiuely applied vnto mine owne selfe and Apollos, for your sakes, that ye might learne by vs, that no man presume aboue that which is written, that one swell not against another for any mans cause.

⁷For who separateth thee? and what hast thou, that thou hast not receiued? if thou hast receiued it, why reioycest thou, as though thou haddest not receiued it?

⁸Nowe ye are full: nowe ye are made rich: ye reigne as kings without vs, and would to God ye did reigne, that we also might reigne with you.

⁹For I thinke that God hath set forth vs the last Apostles, as men appointed to death: for we are made a gasing stocke vnto the worlde, and to the Angels, and to men.

¹⁰We are fooles for Christes sake, and ye are wise in Christ: we are weake, and ye are strong: ye are honourable, and we are despised.

¹¹Vnto this houre we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and haue no certaine dwelling place,