<vn='1'>Let a <sn="444">man</s><sn="3779">so</s><sn="3049">account</s> of <sn="2248">us</s>, <sn="5613">as</s> of the <sn="5257">ministers</s> of <sn="5547">Christ</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3623">stewards</s> of the <sn="3466">mysteries</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="*1161"></s><sn="3063 3739">Moreover</s> it is <sn="2212">required</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3623">stewards</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> a <sn="5100">man</s> be <sn="2147">found</s><sn="4103">faithful</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="1161">But</s> with <sn="1698">me</s> it <sn="2076">is</s><sn="*1519">a</s> very small <sn="1646">thing</s><sn="2443">that</s> I should be <sn="350">judged</s><sn="5259">of</s><sn="5216">you</s>, <sn="2228">or</s><sn="5259">of</s><sn="442">man</s> 's <sn="2250">judgment</s>: <sn="235">yea</s>, I <sn="350">judge</s><sn="3761">not</s> mine own <sn="1683">self</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="1063">For</s> I <sn="4894">know</s><sn="3762">nothing</s> by <sn="1683">myself</s>; <sn="235">yet</s> am I <sn="3756">not</s><sn="1722 5129">hereby</s><sn="1344">justified</s>: <sn="1161">but</s> he that <sn="350">judgeth</s><sn="3165">me</s><sn="2076">is</s> the <sn="2962">Lord</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="5620">Therefore</s><sn="2919">judge</s><sn="5100 3361">nothing</s><sn="4253">before</s> the <sn="2540">time</s>, <sn="2193 302">until</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2064">come</s>, <sn="3739">who</s><sn="2532">both</s> will bring to <sn="5461">light</s><sn="3588">the</s> hidden <sn="2927">things</s> of <sn="4655">darkness</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> will make <sn="5319">manifest</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1012">counsels</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2588">hearts</s>: <sn="2532">and</s><sn="5119">then</s> shall every <sn="1538">man</s><sn="1096">have</s><sn="1868">praise</s><sn="575">of</s><sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="1161">And</s> these <sn="5023">things</s>, <sn="80">brethren</s>, I have in a figure <sn="3345">transferred</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="1683">myself</s><sn="2532">and</s> to <sn="625">Apollos</s> for your <sn="1223 5209">sakes</s>; <sn="2443">that</s> ye might <sn="3129">learn</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="2254">us</s><sn="3361">not</s> to <sn="5426">think</s> of men <sn="5228">above</s> that <sn="3739">which</s> is <sn="1125">written</s>, <sn="2443">that</s><sn="3361">no</s><sn="1520">one</s> of you be puffed <sn="5448">up</s><sn="5228">for</s><sn="1520">one</s><sn="2596">against</s><sn="2087">another</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="5101">who</s> maketh thee to <sn="1252 4571">differ</s> from another? <sn="1161">and</s><sn="5101">what</s><sn="2192">hast</s> thou <sn="3739">that</s> thou didst <sn="3756">not</s><sn="2983">receive</s>? <sn="1161">now</s><sn="1487">if</s> thou <sn="*2532">didst</s><sn="2983">receive</s> it, <sn="5101">why</s> dost thou <sn="2744">glory</s>, <sn="5613">as</s><sn="1487">if</s> thou hadst <sn="3361">not</s><sn="2983">received</s> it? </v>
<vn='8'><sn="2235">Now</s> ye <sn="2075">are</s><sn="2880">full</s>, <sn="2235">now</s> ye are <sn="4147">rich</s>, ye have reigned as <sn="936">kings</s><sn="5565">without</s><sn="2257">us</s>: <sn="2532">and</s> I would to <sn="3785 1065">God</s> ye did <sn="936">reign</s>, <sn="2443">that</s><sn="2249">we</s><sn="2532">also</s> might reign <sn="4821">with</s><sn="5213">you</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="1063">For</s> I <sn="1380">think</s><sn="3754">that</s><sn="2316">God</s> hath set <sn="584">forth</s><sn="2248">us</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="652">apostles</s><sn="2078">last</s>, as it <sn="5613">were</s> appointed to <sn="1935">death</s>: <sn="3754">for</s> we are <sn="1096">made</s> a <sn="2302">spectacle</s> unto <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2889">world</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> to <sn="32">angels</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> to <sn="444">men</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="2249">We</s> are <sn="3474">fools</s> for Christ's <sn="1223 5547">sake</s>, <sn="1161">but</s><sn="5210">ye</s> are <sn="5429">wise</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>; <sn="2249">we</s> are <sn="772">weak</s>, <sn="1161">but</s><sn="5210">ye</s> are <sn="2478">strong</s>; <sn="5210">ye</s> are <sn="1741">honorable</s>, <sn="1161">but</s><sn="2249">we</s> are <sn="820">despised</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>Even <sn="891">unto</s> this <sn="737">present</s><sn="5610">hour</s> we <sn="2532">both</s><sn="3983">hunger</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1372">thirst</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> are <sn="1130">naked</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> are <sn="2852">buffeted</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> have no certain dwelling <sn="790">place</s>; </v>
<vn='12'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="2872">labor</s>, <sn="2038">working</s> with our <sn="2398">own</s><sn="5495">hands</s>: being <sn="3058">reviled</s>, we <sn="2127">bless</s>; being <sn="1377">persecuted</s>, we <sn="430">suffer</s> it: </v>
<vn='13'>Being <sn="987">defamed</s>, we <sn="3870">entreat</s>: we are <sn="1096">made</s><sn="5613">as</s> the <sn="4027">filth</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2889">world</s>, and are the <sn="4067">offscouring</s> of all <sn="3956">things</s><sn="2193">unto</s> this <sn="737">day</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>I <sn="1125">write</s><sn="3756">not</s> these <sn="5023">things</s> to <sn="1788">shame</s><sn="5209">you</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="5613">as</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="27">beloved</s><sn="5043">sons</s> I <sn="3560">warn</s> you. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="1437">though</s> ye <sn="2192">have</s> ten <sn="3463">thousand</s><sn="3807">instructors</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>, <sn="235">yet</s> have ye <sn="3756">not</s><sn="4183">many</s><sn="3962">fathers</s>: <sn="1063">for</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5547">Christ</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="1473">I</s> have <sn="1080">begotten</s><sn="5209">you</s><sn="1223">through</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2098">gospel</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="3767">Wherefore</s> I <sn="3870">beseech</s><sn="5209">you</s>, <sn="1096">be</s> ye <sn="3402">followers</s> of <sn="3450">me</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>For this <sn="1223 5124">cause</s> have I <sn="3992">sent</s> unto <sn="5213">you</s><sn="5095">Timothy</s>, <sn="3739">who</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="27">beloved</s><sn="5043">son</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4103">faithful</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="2962">Lord</s>, <sn="3739">who</s> shall bring you into <sn="363 5209">remembrance</s> of <sn="3450">my</s><sn="3598">ways</s><sn="3588">which</s> be <sn="1722">in</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>, <sn="2531">as</s> I <sn="1321">teach</s> every <sn="3837">where</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3956">every</s><sn="1577">church</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="1161">Now</s><sn="5100">some</s> are puffed <sn="5448">up</s>, as <sn="5613">though</s><sn="3450">I</s> would <sn="3361">not</s><sn="2064">come</s><sn="4314">to</s><sn="5209">you</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="1161">But</s> I will <sn="2064">come</s><sn="4314">to</s><sn="5209">you</s><sn="5030">shortly</s>, <sn="1437">if</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2309">will</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> will <sn="1097">know</s>, <sn="3756">not</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3056">speech</s> of them which are puffed <sn="5448">up</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1411">power</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="932">kingdom</s> of <sn="2316">God</s> is <sn="3756">not</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3056">word</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="1411">power</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="5101">What</s><sn="2309">will</s> ye? shall I <sn="2064">come</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="5209">you</s><sn="1722">with</s> a <sn="4464">rod</s>, <sn="2228">or</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="26">love</s>, <sn="5037">and</s> in the <sn="4151">spirit</s> of <sn="4236">meekness</s>? </v>