The Latin Vulgate VUL
New King James Version NKJV
1 sic nos existimet homo ut ministros Christi et dispensatores mysteriorum Dei
1
Let a man so consider us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
2 hic iam quaeritur inter dispensatores ut fidelis quis inveniatur
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Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful.
3 mihi autem pro minimo est ut a vobis iudicer aut ab humano die sed neque me ipsum iudico
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But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by a human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself.
4 nihil enim mihi conscius sum sed non in hoc iustificatus sum qui autem iudicat me Dominus est
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For I know nothing against myself, yet I am not justified by this; but He who judges me is the Lord.
5 itaque nolite ante tempus iudicare quoadusque veniat Dominus qui et inluminabit abscondita tenebrarum et manifestabit consilia cordium et tunc laus erit unicuique a Deo
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Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each one's praise will come from God.
6 haec autem fratres transfiguravi in me et Apollo propter vos ut in nobis discatis ne supra quam scriptum est unus adversus alterum infletur pro alio
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Now these things, brethren, I have figuratively transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that you may learn in us not to think beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up on behalf of one against the other.
7 quis enim te discernit quid autem habes quod non accepisti si autem accepisti quid gloriaris quasi non acceperis
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For who makes you differ from another? And what do you have that you did not receive? Now if you did indeed receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?
8 iam saturati estis iam divites facti estis sine nobis regnastis et utinam regnaretis ut et nos vobiscum regnaremus
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You are already full! You are already rich! You have reigned as kings without us--and indeed I could wish you did reign, that we also might reign with you!
9 puto enim Deus nos apostolos novissimos ostendit tamquam morti destinatos quia spectaculum facti sumus mundo et angelis et hominibus
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For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last, as men condemned to death; for we have been made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.
10 nos stulti propter Christum vos autem prudentes in Christo nos infirmi vos autem fortes vos nobiles nos autem ignobiles
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We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are dishonored!
11 usque in hanc horam et esurimus et sitimus et nudi sumus et colaphis caedimur et instabiles sumus
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To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and we are poorly clothed, and beaten, and homeless.
12 et laboramus operantes manibus nostris maledicimur et benedicimus persecutionem patimur et sustinemus
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And we labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;
13 blasphemamur et obsecramus tamquam purgamenta huius mundi facti sumus omnium peripsima usque adhuc
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being defamed, we entreat. We have been made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things until now.
14 non ut confundam vos haec scribo sed ut filios meos carissimos moneo
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I do not write these things to shame you, but as my beloved children I warn you.
15 nam si decem milia pedagogorum habeatis in Christo sed non multos patres nam in Christo Iesu per evangelium ego vos genui
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For though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
16 rogo ergo vos imitatores mei estote
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Therefore I urge you, imitate me.
17 ideo misi ad vos Timotheum qui est filius meus carissimus et fidelis in Domino qui vos commonefaciat vias meas quae sunt in Christo sicut ubique in omni ecclesia doceo
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For this reason I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful son in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach everywhere in every church.
18 tamquam non venturus sim ad vos sic inflati sunt quidam
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Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.
19 veniam autem cito ad vos si Dominus voluerit et cognoscam non sermonem eorum qui inflati sunt sed virtutem
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But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord wills, and I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.
20 non enim in sermone est regnum Dei sed in virtute
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For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power.
21 quid vultis in virga veniam ad vos an in caritate et spiritu mansuetudinis
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What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?
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