1 Corinthians 4:5

1 Corinthians 4:5

3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by a human¹ court. In fact, I do not even judge myself.

4 For I know of nothing against myself, yet I am not justified by this; but He who judges me is the Lord.

5 ^aTherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to ^blight the hidden things of darkness and ^creveal the counsels of the hearts. ^dThen each one’s praise will come from God.

Fools for Christ’s Sake

6 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 be¹ puffed up on behalf of one against the other.

7 For who¹ makes you differ from another? And ^awhat 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 You are already full! ^aYou 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 For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last, as men condemned to death; for we have been made a ^aspectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.

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I Corinthians 4:5 Therefore, judge nothing before the time. Hence, let no one form premature judgments. Only when the Lord comes, in the day of judgment, will all secrets be brought to light, and the motives of hearts be manifest. Then. When just judgments are given, shall every man shall have praise from God. Each shall be judged as he deserves. Only then can the Corinthians form an infallibly correct estimate of their religious teachers.

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