1 Korinther 4:4

4 Denn ich bin mir selbst nichts bewußt, aber dadurch bin ich nicht gerechtfertigt. Der mich aber beurteilt, ist der Herr.

1 Korinther 4:4 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 4:4

For I know nothing by myself
Which must be understood with a restriction to the subject he is upon, faithfulness in the ministry; otherwise he knew much by himself of indwelling sin, and the corruption of his nature, which he sometimes found very strong and prevalent in him, and of the daily infirmities of life; but as to his ministerial service, he was pure from the blood of all men; he honestly declared what he knew to be the mind of God, and concealed nothing that might be useful to men; in this he had a clear conscience, void of offence both towards God and men,

Yet am I not hereby justified;
from all fault and blame, which might possibly escape his knowledge and observation; for in many things all offend, and no man can understand all his errors; and there might be some mistakes which the apostle was not privy to, or conscious of; and were he even free from all, he declares, that such an unstained integrity, in the discharge of his ministerial work, was not the matter of his justification before God, nor did he depend upon it:

but he that judgeth me is the Lord;
either who adjudges me to eternal life, justifying me through the righteousness of his Son, in which alone I desire to be found, living and dying; or he that knows my heart, and all my ways, will be my judge at the last day; and to his judgment I appeal and submit, and sit easy in the mean while under all the censures and calumnies of men. The apostle did, as his Lord and Saviour had done before him, who, when he was reviled and reproached by men, conscious of his own innocence and integrity, committed himself to him that judgeth righteously.

1 Korinther 4:4 In-Context

2 Übrigens sucht man hier an den Verwaltern, daß einer treu erfunden werde.

3 Mir aber ist es das Geringste, daß ich von euch oder von einem menschlichen Tage beurteilt werde; ich beurteile mich aber auch selbst nicht.

4 Denn ich bin mir selbst nichts bewußt, aber dadurch bin ich nicht gerechtfertigt. Der mich aber beurteilt, ist der Herr.

5 So urteilet nicht etwas vor der Zeit, bis der Herr kommt, welcher auch das Verborgene der Finsternis ans Licht bringen und die Ratschläge der Herzen offenbaren wird; und dann wird einem jeden sein Lob werden von Gott.

6 Dies aber, Brüder, habe ich auf mich und Apollos gedeutet um euretwillen, auf daß ihr an uns lernet, nicht über das hinaus zu denken , was geschrieben ist, auf daß ihr euch nicht aufblähet für den einen, wider den anderen.