1 Corinthians 4:2

2 Here now it is required among the dispensers that a man be found faithful.

1 Corinthians 4:2 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 4:2

Moreover, it is required in stewards
Upon mentioning that part of the character of Gospel preachers, as stewards, the apostle is put in mind of, and so points out that which is principally necessary in such persons: as,

that a man be found faithful;
to the trust reposed in him; to his Lord and master that has appointed him to this office; and to the souls that are under his care: and then may a minister be said to be so, and which is his greatest glory, when he preaches the pure Gospel of Christ without any human mixtures, the doctrines and inventions of men; and the whole Gospel, declaring all the counsel of God, keeping back nothing which may be profitable to souls; when he seeks not to please men, but God; and not his own glory, and the applause of men, but the honour of Christ, and the good of souls: and such a faithful steward was the apostle himself.

1 Corinthians 4:2 In-Context

1 Let a man so account of us as of the ministers of Christ and the dispensers of the mysteries of God.

2 Here now it is required among the dispensers that a man be found faithful.

3 But to me it is a very small thing to be judged by you or by man’s day. But neither do I judge my own self.

4 For I am not conscious to myself of anything. Yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.

5 Therefore, judge not before the time: until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts. And then shall every man have praise from God.