Verš 1
Accordingly, let man consider us to be ministers of Christ and attendants of the mysteries of God.
Mt 24:45 - Consider this: who is a faithful and prudent servant, who has been appointed by his lord over his family, to give them their portion in due time?
2Kor 6:4 - But in all things, let us exhibit ourselves as ministers of God with great patience: through tribulation, difficulties, and distress;
Kol 1:25 - For I have become a minister of the Church, according to the dispensation of God that has been given to me among you, so that I may fulfill the Word of God,
Tít 1:7 - And a bishop, as a steward of God, must be without offense: not arrogant, not short-tempered, not a drunkard, not violent, not desiring tainted profit,
Verš 2
Here and now, it is required of attendants that each one be found to be faithful.
Lk 12:42 - So the Lord said: “Who do you think is the faithful and prudent steward, whom his Lord has appointed over his family, in order to give them their measure of wheat in due time?
Verš 4
For I have nothing on my conscience. But I am not justified by this. For the Lord is the One who judges me.
Ex 34:7 - who preserves mercy a thousand fold, who takes away iniquity, and wickedness, and also sin; and with you no one, in and of himself, is innocent. You render the iniquity of the fathers to the sons, and also to their descendents to the third and fourth generation.”
Jób 9:2 - Truly, I know that it is so, and that man cannot be justified compared with God.
Ž 143:2 - My mercy and my refuge, my supporter and my deliverer, my protector and him in whom I have hoped: he subdues my people under me.
Verš 5
And so, do not choose to judge before the time, until the Lord returns. He will illuminate the hidden things of the darkness, and he will make manifest the decisions of hearts. And then each one shall have praise from God.
Mt 7:1 - “Do not judge, so that you may not be judged.
Rim 2:1 - For this reason, O man, each one of you who judges is inexcusable. For by that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you do the same things that you judge.
Dan 7:10 - A river of fire rushed forth from his presence. Thousands upon thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times hundreds of thousands attended before him. The trial began, and the books were opened.
Zjv 20:12 - And I saw the dead, great and small, standing in view of the throne. And books were opened. And another Book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged by those things that had been written in the books, according to their works.
Verš 6
And so, brothers, I have presented these things in myself and in Apollo, for your sakes, so that you may learn, through us, that no one should be inflated against one person and for another, not beyond what has been written.
Prís 3:7 - Do not seem wise to yourself. Fear God, and withdraw from evil.
Rim 12:3 - For I say, through the grace that has been given to me, to all who are among you: Taste no more than it is necessary to taste, but taste unto sobriety and just as God has distributed a share of the faith to each one.
Verš 7
For what distinguishes you from another? And what do you have that you have not received? But if you have received it, why 658 do you glory, as if you had not received it?
Jn 3:27 - John responded and said: “A man is not able to receive anything, unless it has been given to him from heaven.
Jak 1:17 - Every excellent gift and every perfect gift is from above, descending from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor any shadow of alteration.
Verš 9
For I think that God has presented us as the last Apostles, as those destined for death. For we have been made into a spectacle for the world, and for Angels, and for men.
Ž 44:22 -
Rim 8:36 - For it is as it has been written: “For your sake, we are being put to death all day long. We are being treated like sheep for the slaughter.”
2Kor 4:11 - For we who live are ever handed over unto death for the sake of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our mortal flesh.
Heb 10:33 - And certainly, in one way, by insults and tribulations, you were made a spectacle, but in another way, you became the companions of those who were the object of such behavior.
Verš 10
So we are fools because of Christ, but you are discerning in Christ? We are weak, but you are strong? You are noble, but we are ignoble?
1Kor 2:3 - And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and with much trembling.
Verš 11
Even to this very hour, we hunger and thirst, and we are naked and repeatedly beaten, and we are unsteady.
Sk 23:2 - And the high priest, Ananias, instructed those who were standing nearby to strike him on the mouth.
Verš 12
And we labor, working with our own hands. We are slandered, and so we bless. We suffer and endure persecution.
Sk 18:3 - And because he was of the same trade, he lodged with them and was working. (Now they were tentmakers by trade.)
Sk 20:34 - as you yourselves know. For that which was needed by me and by those who are with me, these hands have provided.
1Sol 2:9 - For you remember, 678 brothers, our hardship and weariness. We preached the Gospel of God among you, working night and day, so that we would not be burdensome to any of you.
2Sol 3:8 - Nor did we eat bread from anyone for free, but rather, we worked night and day, in hardship and weariness, so as not to be burdensome to you.
Mt 5:44 - But I say to you: Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. And pray for those who persecute and slander you.
Lk 6:28 - Bless those who curse you, and pray for those who slander you.
Lk 23:34 - Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them. For they know not what they do.” And truly, dividing his garments, they cast lots.
Sk 7:60 -
Rim 12:14 - Bless those who are persecuting you: bless, and do not curse.
Verš 14
I am not writing these things in order to confound you, but in order to admonish you, as my dearest sons.
1Sol 2:11 - And you know the manner, with each one of you, like a father with his sons,
Verš 15
For you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, but not so many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, through the Gospel, I have begotten you.
Sk 18:11 - Then he settled there for a year and six months, teaching the Word of God among them.
Gal 4:19 - My little sons, I am giving birth to you again, until Christ is formed in you.
Flm 1:10 - I beg you, on behalf of my son, whom I have begotten in my chains, Onesimus.
Jak 1:18 - For by his own will he produced us through the Word of truth, so that we might be a kind of beginning among his creatures.
Verš 16
Therefore, I beg you, be imitators of me, just as I am of Christ.
1Kor 11:1 - Be imitators of me, as I also am of Christ.
Flp 3:17 - Be imitators of me, brothers, and observe those who are walking similarly, just as you have seen by our example.
1Sol 1:6 - And so, you became imitators of us and of the Lord, accepting the Word in the midst of great tribulation, but with the joy of the Holy Spirit.
2Sol 3:9 - It was not as if we had no authority, but this was so that we might present ourselves as an example to you, in order to imitate us.
Verš 19
But I will return to you soon, if the Lord is willing. And I will consider, not the words of those who are inflated, but the virtue.
Sk 18:21 - Instead, saying goodbye and telling them, “I will return to you again, God willing,” he set out from Ephesus.
Heb 6:3 - And we shall do this, if indeed God permits it.
Jak 4:15 - For what is your life? It is a mist that appears for a brief time, and afterwards will vanish away. So what you ought to say is: “If the Lord wills,” or, “If we live,” we will do this or that.
Verš 20
For the kingdom of God is not in words, but in virtue.
1Kor 2:4 - And my words and preaching were not the persuasive words of human wisdom, but were a manifestation of the Spirit and of virtue,
1Sol 1:5 - For our Gospel has not been among you in word alone, but also in virtue, and in the Holy Spirit, and with a great fullness, in the same manner as you know we have acted among you for your sake.
2Pt 1:16 - For it was not by following fanciful doctrines that we made known to you the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were made eyewitnesses of his greatness.
