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Let a mansoaccount of us,as of the ministers of Christ,andstewards of the mysteries of God.
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Moreover it is requiredinstewards,that a man be foundfaithful.
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But with me it is a very small thing*that I should be judgedofyou,orofman'sjudgment:[a]yea, I judgenot mine own self.
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For I know[b]nothing by myself;yet am Inothereby*justified: but he that judgethmeis the Lord.
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Thereforejudgenothing*before the time,untiltheLordcome, whoboth will bring to light the hidden things of darkness,and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts:andthen shall every manhavepraiseofGod.
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And these things,brethren, I have in a figure transferredtomyselfand to Apollosfor your sakes;that ye might learninusnot to think of men abovethatwhich is written, that noone of you be puffed upforoneagainstanother.
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Forwhomaketh[c]thee to differ from another? andwhat hast thouthat thou didstnotreceive*? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadstnotreceived it?
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Now ye arefull, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kingswithoutus:and I would to Godye did reign, thatwealso might reign withyou.
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For I thinkthatGod hath set forthus[d] the apostleslast,as it were appointed to death:for we are made a spectacle unto the world,and to angels,and to men.
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We are foolsforChrist'ssake,butye are wiseinChrist;we are weak,butye are strong;ye are honourable,butwe are despised.
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Even unto this presenthourwebothhunger, andthirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
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Andlabour, working with our ownhands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
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Being defamed, we intreat: we are madeas the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all thingsunto this day.
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I writenot these things to shameyou,butasmybelovedsons I warn you.
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Forthough ye have ten thousandinstructorsinChrist,yet have ye notmanyfathers:forinChristJesusI have begottenyouthrough the gospel.
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Forthiscause have I sent unto youTimotheus,whoismybelovedson,andfaithfulin the Lord,who shall bringyou into remembrance of mywayswhich be inChrist,as I teach every whereineverychurch.
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Nowsome are puffed up, as thoughIwouldnotcometoyou.
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But I will cometoyoushortly,if the Lordwill, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.
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For the kingdom of God is notinword,butinpower.
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What will ye? shall I comeuntoyouwith a rod,orinlove,and in the spirit of meekness?