Servants of Christ
So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. 1Pe 4:101Ti 3:9Tit 1:7Eph 6:192Co 4:5Col 1:25-271Co 9:16-18Rom 16:25 Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful. Mat 25:21Luk 12:42Luk 16:10-12Col 4:17Num 12:72Co 2:17Mat 25:23Pro 13:17
I care very little, however, if I am judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself. 1Co 2:15Jhn 7:241Sa 16:71Co 3:13 My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me. Psa 143:21Jn 3:20-21Pro 21:2Psa 130:32Co 1:12Psa 19:121Co 4:52Co 5:10
Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God. Jas 5:72Co 5:101Co 3:13Heb 4:132Co 10:18Rom 2:16Ecc 12:14Rom 2:1
Brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not take pride in one man over another. 2Co 11:42Co 12:192Co 12:6Col 2:18Rom 12:31Th 1:5Jhn 3:26-271Co 1:31 For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not? Jhn 3:271Pe 4:10Jas 1:171Ch 29:11-16Jhn 1:16Rom 12:6Pro 2:6Luk 19:13
Already you have all you want. Already you have become rich. Without us, you have become kings. How I wish you really were kings, so that we might be kings with you! Pro 13:71Co 5:62Co 13:9Gal 6:3Luk 6:25Rom 12:31Co 1:51Th 2:19-20 For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men. Heb 10:332Co 4:8-12Rom 8:361Co 15:30-322Co 1:8-10Heb 1:14Php 1:29-301Th 3:3
We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored. 1Co 2:31Co 3:182Co 13:9Act 17:18Act 26:241Pe 4:142Co 11:19Hos 9:7 To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless. Rom 8:352Co 11:23-27Php 4:122Ti 3:11Mat 8:202Co 6:4-5Job 22:61Co 9:4 We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it; 1Pe 3:9Mat 5:11Rom 12:141Pe 4:12-14Act 18:3Luk 6:28Rom 12:201Pe 2:23 when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world. Lam 3:45Act 22:22
Paul’s Fatherly Warning
I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children. 1Th 2:113Jn 1:41Co 4:151Co 9:151Th 5:142Co 12:19Col 1:281Co 15:34 Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. 1Co 3:10Gal 4:191Co 9:141Co 9:231Pe 1:231Co 3:61Co 9:121Co 9:18 Therefore I urge you to imitate me. 1Co 11:12Th 3:9Php 3:171Th 1:6Heb 13:7Php 4:9Jhn 10:4-51Pe 5:3 That is why I have sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, 1 which is exactly what I teach everywhere in every church. 1Co 16:101Ti 1:21Co 7:172Ti 1:21Co 14:331Co 16:11Co 11:21Co 7:25
Some of you have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you. 1Co 4:6-81Co 5:21Co 4:21 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only what these arrogant people are saying, but what power they have. 2Co 13:1-4Act 18:21Act 19:211Co 11:341Co 14:51Co 2:61Co 4:182Co 1:23 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power. 1Co 2:41Th 1:52Co 10:4-5Rom 14:17Rom 1:16Rom 15:191Co 1:24 Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and with a gentle spirit? 2Co 13:22Co 13:101Th 2:72Co 12:20-212Co 1:232Co 2:3Jas 3:172Co 10:1-2