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1 Corintios 4

La Biblia de las Américas (Español) BLA

1 Que todo hombre nos considere de esta manera: como servidores de Cristo y administradores de los misterios de Dios.

2 Ahora bien, además se requiere de los administradores que cada uno sea hallado fiel.

3 En cuanto a mí, es de poca importancia que yo sea juzgado por vosotros, o por cualquier tribunal humano; de hecho, ni aun yo me juzgo a mí mismo.

4 Porque no estoy consciente de nada en contra mía; mas no por eso estoy sin culpa, pues el que me juzga es el Señor.

5 Por tanto, no juzguéis antes de tiempo, sino esperad hasta que el Señor venga, el cual sacará a la luz las cosas ocultas en las tinieblas y también pondrá de manifiesto los designios de los corazones; y entonces cada uno recibirá su alabanza de parte de Dios.

6 Esto, hermanos, lo he aplicado en sentido figurado a mí mismo y a Apolos por amor a vosotros, para que en nosotros aprendáis a no sobrepasar lo que está escrito, para que ninguno de vosotros se vuelva arrogante a favor del uno contra el otro.

7 Porque ¿quién te distingue? ¿Qué tienes que no recibiste? Y si lo recibiste, ¿por qué te jactas como si no lo hubieras recibido?

8 Ya estáis saciados, ya os habéis hecho ricos, ya habéis llegado a reinar sin necesidad de nosotros; y ojalá hubierais llegado a reinar, para que nosotros reinásemos también con vosotros.

9 Porque pienso que Dios nos ha exhibido a nosotros los apóstoles en último lugar, como a sentenciados a muerte; porque hemos llegado a ser un espectáculo para el mundo, los ángeles y los hombres.

10 Nosotros somos necios por amor de Cristo, mas vosotros, prudentes en Cristo; nosotros somos débiles, mas vosotros, fuertes; vosotros sois distinguidos, mas nosotros, sin honra.

11 Hasta el momento presente pasamos hambre y sed, andamos mal vestidos, somos maltratados y no tenemos dónde vivir;

12 nos agotamos trabajando con nuestras propias manos; cuando nos ultrajan, bendecimos; cuando somos perseguidos, lo soportamos;

13 cuando nos difaman, tratamos de reconciliar; hemos llegado a ser, hasta ahora, la escoria del mundo, el desecho de todo.

14 No escribo esto para avergonzaros, sino para amonestaros como a hijos míos amados.

15 Porque aunque tengáis innumerables maestros en Cristo, sin embargo no tenéis muchos padres; pues en Cristo Jesús yo os engendré por medio del evangelio.

16 Por tanto, os exhorto: sed imitadores míos.

17 Por esta razón os he enviado a Timoteo, que es mi hijo amado y fiel en el Señor, y él os recordará mis caminos, los caminos en Cristo, tal como enseño en todas partes, en cada iglesia.

18 Y algunos se han vuelto arrogantes, como si yo no hubiera de ir a vosotros.

19 Pero iré a vosotros pronto, si el Señor quiere, y conoceré, no las palabras de los arrogantes sino su poder.

20 Porque el reino de Dios no consiste en palabras, sino en poder.

21 ¿Qué queréis? ¿Iré a vosotros con vara, o con amor y espíritu de mansedumbre?

The Message Bible MSG

1 Don't imagine us leaders to be something we aren't. We are servants of Christ, not his masters. We are guides into God's most sublime secrets, not security guards posted to protect them.

2 The requirements for a good guide are reliability and accurate knowledge.

3 It matters very little to me what you think of me, even less where I rank in popular opinion. I don't even rank myself. Comparisons in these matters are pointless.

4 I'm not aware of anything that would disqualify me from being a good guide for you, but that doesn't mean much. The Master makes that judgment.

5 So don't get ahead of the Master and jump to conclusions with your judgments before all the evidence is in. When he comes, he will bring out in the open and place in evidence all kinds of things we never even dreamed of - inner motives and purposes and prayers. Only then will any one of us get to hear the "Well done!" of God.

6 All I'm doing right now, friends, is showing how these things pertain to Apollos and me so that you will learn restraint and not rush into making judgments without knowing all the facts. It's important to look at things from God's point of view. I would rather not see you inflating or deflating reputations based on mere hearsay.

7 For who do you know that really knows you, knows your heart? And even if they did, is there anything they would discover in you that you could take credit for? Isn't everything you have and everything you are sheer gifts from God? So what's the point of all this comparing and competing?

8 You already have all you need. You already have more access to God than you can handle. Without bringing either Apollos or me into it, you're sitting on top of the world - at least God's world - and we're right there, sitting alongside you!

9 It seems to me that God has put us who bear his Message on stage in a theater in which no one wants to buy a ticket. We're something everyone stands around and stares at, like an accident in the street.

10 We're the Messiah's misfits. You might be sure of yourselves, but we live in the midst of frailties and uncertainties. You might be well-thought-of by others, but we're mostly kicked around.

11 Much of the time we don't have enough to eat, we wear patched and threadbare clothes, we get doors slammed in our faces,

12 and we pick up odd jobs anywhere we can to eke out a living. When they call us names, we say, "God bless you."

13 When they spread rumors about us, we put in a good word for them. We're treated like garbage, potato peelings from the culture's kitchen. And it's not getting any better.

14 I'm not writing all this as a neighborhood scold just to make you feel rotten. I'm writing as a father to you, my children. I love you and want you to grow up well, not spoiled.

15 There are a lot of people around who can't wait to tell you what you've done wrong, but there aren't many fathers willing to take the time and effort to help you grow up. It was as Jesus helped me proclaim God's Message to you that I became your father.

16 I'm not, you know, asking you to do anything I'm not already doing myself.

17 This is why I sent Timothy to you earlier. He is also my dear son, and true to the Master. He will refresh your memory on the instructions I regularly give all the churches on the way of Christ.

18 I know there are some among you who are so full of themselves they never listen to anyone, let alone me. They don't think I'll ever show up in person.

19 But I'll be there sooner than you think, God willing, and then we'll see if they're full of anything but hot air.

20 God's Way is not a matter of mere talk; it's an empowered life.

21 So how should I prepare to come to you? As a severe disciplinarian who makes you toe the mark? Or as a good friend and counselor who wants to share heart-to-heart with you? You decide.