'This is how1one4should regard3us,2as5servants6of Christ7and8stewards9of the mysteries10of God.11 Moreover,2it is required3of4stewards6that7they9be found10faithful.8 But2with me1it is5a very small thing34that6I should be judged9by7you8or10by11anyhuman12[court].13In fact,14I do17not even15judge17myself.16 For2I am4not1aware4of anything1against myself,3but5I am9not6thereby78acquitted.9It is15the10Lord14who judges12me.13 Therefore1donot2pronounce judgment6before3the time,4before7the10Lord11comes,9who12will bring to light14the things15now hidden16in darkness18and19will disclose20the21purposes22of the23heart.24Then26each one30will receive29hiscommendation28from31God.33 I have applied4allthese things1to5myself6and7Apollos8for9your10benefit,brothers,3that11you may learn14by12us13not16to gobeyond17what18is written,19that20none2122ofyou may be puffed up26in favor of23one25against27another.29 For2who1sees anything different4in you?3What5doyou have7that8you did10not9receive?14If11then12you received14it,why15doyou boast16as if17you did19not18receive19it? Already1you3have all you want!2Already4you have become rich!5Without6us7you have become kings!8And9would that10you did reign,12so that13we15might share the rule with17you!16 For2I think1thatGod4has exhibited9us5apostles7as last of all,8like10men sentenced to death,11because12we have become14a spectacle13to the15world,16to angels,18and19to men.20 We1arefools2for3Christ’s4sake,3but6you5arewise7in8Christ.9We10areweak,11but13you12arestrong.14You15are heldin honor,16but18we17indisrepute.19 To1the2present3hour4we hunger6and7thirst,8we are poorly dressed10and11buffeted12and13homeless,14 and1we labor,2working3with our own5hands.6When reviled,7we bless;8when persecuted,9we endure;10 when slandered,1we entreat.2We have become,7and arestill,1011like3the scum4of the5world,6the refuse9of all things.8 I do4not1write4these things5to make2you3ashamed,2but6to admonish [you]11as7my9beloved10children.8 For2though1you have5countless3guides4in6Christ,7you donot9havemany10fathers.11For13I19became your father2021in12Christ14Jesus15through16the17gospel.18 I urge1you,3then,2be6imitators4of me.5 That is why12I sent3you4Timothy,5my8beloved10and11faithful12child9in13the Lord,14to remind17you16of19my20ways19in22Christ,23as25I teach30themeverywhere26in27every28church.29 Some9are arrogant,8as though1I5were3not2coming3to6you.7 But2I will come1to4you5soon,3if6the7Lord8wills,9and10I will find out11not12the13talk14of these15arrogant people16but17theirpower.19 For2the5kingdom6of God8doesnot1consistin3[talk]4but9in10power.11 What1doyou wish?2Shall I come5to6you7with3a rod,4or8with9love10in a spirit11of gentleness?13