4:1 Let a man so account of us as of the ministers of Christ, and the dispensers of the mysteries of God.

4:1 sic nos existimet homo ut ministros Christi et dispensatores mysteriorum Dei

4:2 Here now it is required among the dispensers, that a man be found faithful.

4:2 hic iam quaeritur inter dispensatores ut fidelis quis inveniatur

4:3 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.

4:3 mihi autem pro minimo est ut a vobis iudicer aut ab humano die sed neque me ipsum iudico

4:4 For I am not conscious to myself of any thing, yet am I not hereby justified; but he that judgeth me, is the Lord.

4:4 nihil enim mihi conscius sum sed non in hoc iustificatus sum qui autem iudicat me Dominus est

4:5 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.

4:5 itaque nolite ante tempus iudicare quoadusque veniat Dominus qui et inluminabit abscondita tenebrarum et manifestabit consilia cordium et tunc laus erit unicuique a Deo

4:6 But these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollo, for your sakes; that in us you may learn, that one be not puffed up against the other for another, above that which is written.

4:6 haec autem fratres transfiguravi in me et Apollo propter vos ut in nobis discatis ne supra quam scriptum est unus adversus alterum infletur pro alio

4:7 For who distinguisheth thee ? Or what hast thou that thou hast not received ? And if thou hast received, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it ?

4:7 quis enim te discernit quid autem habes quod non accepisti si autem accepisti quid gloriaris quasi non acceperis

4:8 You are now full; you are now become rich; you reign without us; and I would to God you did reign, that we also might reign with you.

4:8 iam saturati estis iam divites facti estis sine nobis regnastis et utinam regnaretis ut et nos vobiscum regnaremus

4:9 For I think that God hath set forth us apostles, the last, as it were men appointed to death: we are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men.

4:9 puto enim Deus nos apostolos novissimos ostendit tamquam morti destinatos quia spectaculum facti sumus mundo et angelis et hominibus

4:10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are honourable, but we without honour.

4:10 nos stulti propter Christum vos autem prudentes in Christo nos infirmi vos autem fortes vos nobiles nos autem ignobiles

4:11 Even unto this hour we both hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no fixed abode;

4:11 usque in hanc horam et esurimus et sitimus et nudi sumus et colaphis caedimur et instabiles sumus

4:12 And we labour, working with our own hands: we are reviled, and we bless; we are persecuted, and we suffer it.

4:12 et laboramus operantes manibus nostris maledicimur et benedicimus persecutionem patimur et sustinemus

4:13 We are blasphemed, and we entreat; we are made as the refuse of this world, the offscouring of all even until now.

4:13 blasphemamur et obsecramus tamquam purgamenta huius mundi facti sumus omnium peripsima usque adhuc

4:14 I write not these things to confound you; but I admonish you as my dearest children.

4:14 non ut confundam vos haec scribo sed ut filios meos carissimos moneo

4:15 For if you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, by the gospel, I have begotten you.

4:15 nam si decem milia pedagogorum habeatis in Christo sed non multos patres nam in Christo Iesu per evangelium ego vos genui

4:16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me, as I also am of Christ.

4:16 rogo ergo vos imitatores mei estote

4:17 For this cause have I sent to you Timothy, who is my dearest son and faithful in the Lord; who will put you in mind of my ways, which are in Christ Jesus; as I teach every where in every church.

4:17 ideo misi ad vos Timotheum qui est filius meus carissimus et fidelis in Domino qui vos commonefaciat vias meas quae sunt in Christo sicut ubique in omni ecclesia doceo

4:18 As if I would not come to you, so some are puffed up.

4:18 tamquam non venturus sim ad vos sic inflati sunt quidam

4:19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will: and will know, not the speech of them that are puffed up, but the power.

4:19 veniam autem cito ad vos si Dominus voluerit et cognoscam non sermonem eorum qui inflati sunt sed virtutem

4:20 For the kingdom of God is not in speech, but in power.

4:20 non enim in sermone est regnum Dei sed in virtute

4:21 What will you ? shall I come to you with a rod; or in charity, and in the spirit of meekness ?

4:21 quid vultis in virga veniam ad vos an in caritate et spiritu mansuetudinis