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1 Corinthians 4:1
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1 Corinthians 4:1
1LET a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
1¶ Let a man so account of vs, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
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DEFINED WORDS
1 Corinthians 4:1
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A reckoning, record, report, or explanation; as a verb, to reckon, consider, or give an account.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Persons who serve, attend, or perform an entrusted office.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The Anointed One.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604
Persons entrusted to manage a household, property, resources, or a responsibility belonging to another.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A deity or object of worship; when referring to the LORD, the one true God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Open the full verse study10As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
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Open the full verse study9Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
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Open the full verse study7For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
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Open the full verse study19And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
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Open the full verse study5For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.
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Open the full verse study25Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;
26Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
27To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
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Open the full verse study16For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!
17For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.
18What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.
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Open the full verse study25Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
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Open the full verse study2That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
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Open the full verse study3Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:
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Open the full verse study42And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?
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Open the full verse study23Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
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Open the full verse study6For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.
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Open the full verse study9Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
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Open the full verse study3How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
4Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
5Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
6That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
7Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
8Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
9And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
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Open the full verse study1AND he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.
2And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.
3Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.
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Open the full verse study45Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
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Open the full verse study7But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
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Open the full verse study5Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
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Open the full verse study13Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.
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Open the full verse study16And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
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Open the full verse study6Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
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Open the full verse study4But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
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Open the full verse study11And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:
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Open the full verse study11He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
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Open the full verse study10And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
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