(June, 2-2016 on Thursday)
1 Corinthians 4: 21 What do you prefer? Shall I
come to you with a rod of discipline, or shall I come in love and with a gentle
spirit? (3)
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16 Therefore
I urge you to imitate me.
(7)
17 For this reason I
have sent to you Timothy, my son whom I love, who is faithful in the LORD. He
will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which agrees with what I
teach everywhere in every church.
18 Some of you have
become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.
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7 For
who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not
receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not? (7)
8 Already you have
all you want! Already you have become rich! You have begun to reign—and that
without us! How I wish that you really had begun to reign so that we also might
reign with you!
9 For it seems to me
that GOD has put us apostles on display at the end of the procession, like
those condemned to die in the arena. We have been made a spectacle to the whole
universe, to angels as well as to human beings.
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13 when
we are slandered, we answer kindly. We have become the scum of the earth, the
garbage of the world—right up to this moment. (4)
Paul’s Appeal and
Warning
14 I am writing this
not to shame you but to warn you as my dear children.
15 Even if you had ten
thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus
I became your father through the gospel.
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4 My
conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who
judges me. (4)
5 Therefore judge
nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to
light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At
that time each will receive their praise from GOD.
6 Now, brothers and
sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so
that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying, “Do not go beyond what is
written.” Then you will not be puffed up in being a follower of one of us over
against the other.
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19 But
I will come to you very soon, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out
not only how these arrogant people are talking, but what power they have. (1)
20 For the kingdom of
GOD is not a matter of talk but of power.
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10 We
are fools for Christ, but you are so wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are
strong! You are honored, we are dishonored! (1)
11 To this very hour
we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are
homeless.
12 We work hard with
our own hands. When we are cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure
it;
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The Nature of True
Apostleship
4 This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants of Christ
and as those entrusted with the mysteries GOD has revealed. (1)
2 Now it is required
that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.
3 I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court;
indeed, I do not even judge myself.
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