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1 Corinthians 4:5 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Therefore judge nothing 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 of God. "
1 Corinthians 4:5
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.
For I know nothing by myself; yet am I ➔ not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
Therefore judge nothing 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 of God.
And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.
For who maketh ➔ thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst ➔ not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst ➔ not received it?
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1 Corinthians 4:1
"Let ➔ a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God."
1 Corinthians 4:2
"Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful."
1 Corinthians 4:3
"But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self."
1 Corinthians 4:4
"For I know nothing by myself; yet am I ➔ not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord."
1 Corinthians 4:6
"And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another."
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