Apologetics Bible

1Corinthians 4:1

Greek

Οὕτως ἡμᾶς λογιζέσθω ἄνθρωπος ὡς ὑπηρέτας Χριστοῦ καὶ οἰκονόμους μυστηρίων θεοῦ.

Oytos emas logizestho anthropos os yperetas Christoy kai oikonomoys mysterion theoy.

KJV: Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

AKJV: Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

ASV: Let a man so account of us, as of ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

YLT: Let a man so reckon us as officers of Christ, and stewards of the secrets of God,

Exposition: 1Corinthians 4:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 4:2

Greek

⸀ὧδε λοιπὸν ζητεῖται ἐν τοῖς οἰκονόμοις ἵνα πιστός τις εὑρεθῇ.

ode loipon zeteitai en tois oikonomois ina pistos tis eyrethe.

KJV: Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

AKJV: Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

ASV: Here, moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

YLT: and as to the rest, it is required in the stewards that one may be found faithful,

Exposition: 1Corinthians 4:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 4:3

Greek

ἐμοὶ δὲ εἰς ἐλάχιστόν ἐστιν, ἵνα ὑφʼ ὑμῶν ἀνακριθῶ ἢ ὑπὸ ἀνθρωπίνης ἡμέρας· ἀλλʼ οὐδὲ ἐμαυτὸν ἀνακρίνω·

emoi de eis elachiston estin, ina yph ymon anakritho e ypo anthropines emeras· all oyde emayton anakrino·

KJV: But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man’s judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.

AKJV: But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man’s judgment: yes, I judge not my own self.

ASV: But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man’s judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.

YLT: and to me it is for a very little thing that by you I may be judged, or by man's day, but not even myself do I judge,

Exposition: 1Corinthians 4:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man’s judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 4:4

Greek

οὐδὲν γὰρ ἐμαυτῷ σύνοιδα, ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἐν τούτῳ δεδικαίωμαι, ὁ δὲ ἀνακρίνων με κύριός ἐστιν.

oyden gar emayto synoida, all oyk en toyto dedikaiomai, o de anakrinon me kyrios estin.

KJV: For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.

AKJV: For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judges me is the Lord.

ASV: For I know nothing against myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.

YLT: for of nothing to myself have I been conscious, but not in this have I been declared right--and he who is discerning me is the Lord:

Exposition: 1Corinthians 4:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 4:5

Greek

ὥστε μὴ πρὸ καιροῦ τι κρίνετε, ἕως ἂν ἔλθῃ ὁ κύριος, ὃς καὶ φωτίσει τὰ κρυπτὰ τοῦ σκότους καὶ φανερώσει τὰς βουλὰς τῶν καρδιῶν, καὶ τότε ὁ ἔπαινος γενήσεται ἑκάστῳ ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ.

oste me pro kairoy ti krinete, eos an elthe o kyrios, os kai photisei ta krypta toy skotoys kai phanerosei tas boylas ton kardion, kai tote o epainos genesetai ekasto apo toy theoy.

KJV: Therefore judge nothing 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 of God.

AKJV: Therefore judge nothing 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 of God.

ASV: Wherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.

YLT: so, then, nothing before the time judge ye, till the Lord may come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of the darkness, and will manifest the counsels of the hearts, and then the praise shall come to each from God.

Exposition: 1Corinthians 4:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Therefore judge nothing 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 of God.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 4:6

Greek

Ταῦτα δέ, ἀδελφοί, μετεσχημάτισα εἰς ἐμαυτὸν καὶ ⸀Ἀπολλῶν διʼ ὑμᾶς, ἵνα ἐν ἡμῖν μάθητε τό· Μὴ ὑπὲρ ⸀ἃ ⸀γέγραπται, ἵνα μὴ εἷς ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἑνὸς φυσιοῦσθε κατὰ τοῦ ἑτέρου.

Tayta de, adelphoi, meteschematisa eis emayton kai Apollon di ymas, ina en emin mathete to· Me yper a gegraptai, ina me eis yper toy enos physioysthe kata toy eteroy.

KJV: And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.

AKJV: And these things, brothers, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that you might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.

ASV: Now these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes; that in us ye might learn not to go beyond the things which are written; that no one of you be puffed up for the one against the other.

YLT: And these things, brethren, I did transfer to myself and to Apollos because of you, that in us ye may learn not to think above that which hath been written, that ye may not be puffed up one for one against the other,

Exposition: 1Corinthians 4:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one ag...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 4:7

Greek

τίς γάρ σε διακρίνει; τί δὲ ἔχεις ὃ οὐκ ἔλαβες; εἰ δὲ καὶ ἔλαβες, τί καυχᾶσαι ὡς μὴ λαβών;

tis gar se diakrinei; ti de echeis o oyk elabes; ei de kai elabes, ti kaychasai os me labon;

KJV: For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?

AKJV: For who makes you to differ from another? and what have you that you did not receive? now if you did receive it, why do you glory, as if you had not received it?

ASV: For who maketh thee to differ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? but if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it?

YLT: for who doth make thee to differ? and what hast thou, that thou didst not receive? and if thou didst also receive, why dost thou glory as not having received?

Exposition: 1Corinthians 4:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 4:8

Greek

Ἤδη κεκορεσμένοι ἐστέ, ἤδη ἐπλουτήσατε, χωρὶς ἡμῶν ἐβασιλεύσατε· καὶ ὄφελόν γε ἐβασιλεύσατε, ἵνα καὶ ἡμεῖς ὑμῖν συμβασιλεύσωμεν.

Ede kekoresmenoi este, ede eploytesate, choris emon ebasileysate· kai ophelon ge ebasileysate, ina kai emeis ymin symbasileysomen.

KJV: Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.

AKJV: Now you are full, now you are rich, you have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God you did reign, that we also might reign with you.

ASV: Already are ye filled, already ye are become rich, ye have come to reign without us: yea and I would that ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.

YLT: Already ye are having been filled, already ye were rich, apart from us ye did reign, and I would also ye did reign, that we also with you may reign together,

Exposition: 1Corinthians 4:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 4:9

Greek

δοκῶ ⸀γάρ, ὁ θεὸς ἡμᾶς τοὺς ἀποστόλους ἐσχάτους ἀπέδειξεν ὡς ἐπιθανατίους, ὅτι θέατρον ἐγενήθημεν τῷ κόσμῳ καὶ ἀγγέλοις καὶ ἀνθρώποις.

doko gar, o theos emas toys apostoloys eschatoys apedeixen os epithanatioys, oti theatron egenethemen to kosmo kai aggelois kai anthropois.

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

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

ASV: For, I think, God hath set forth us the apostles last of all, as men doomed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, both to angels and men.

YLT: for I think that God did set forth us the apostles last--as appointed to death, because a spectacle we became to the world, and messengers, and men;

Exposition: 1Corinthians 4:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 4:10

Greek

ἡμεῖς μωροὶ διὰ Χριστόν, ὑμεῖς δὲ φρόνιμοι ἐν Χριστῷ· ἡμεῖς ἀσθενεῖς, ὑμεῖς δὲ ἰσχυροί· ὑμεῖς ἔνδοξοι, ἡμεῖς δὲ ἄτιμοι.

emeis moroi dia Christon, ymeis de phronimoi en Christo· emeis astheneis, ymeis de ischyroi· ymeis endoxoi, emeis de atimoi.

KJV: We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.

AKJV: We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are honorable, but we are despised.

ASV: We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye have glory, but we have dishonor.

YLT: we are fools because of Christ, and ye wise in Christ; we are ailing, and ye strong; ye glorious, and we dishonoured;

Exposition: 1Corinthians 4:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 4:11

Greek

ἄχρι τῆς ἄρτι ὥρας καὶ πεινῶμεν καὶ διψῶμεν καὶ γυμνιτεύομεν καὶ κολαφιζόμεθα καὶ ἀστατοῦμεν

achri tes arti oras kai peinomen kai dipsomen kai gymniteyomen kai kolaphizometha kai astatoymen

KJV: Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;

AKJV: Even to this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling place;

ASV: Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place;

YLT: unto the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and wander about,

Exposition: 1Corinthians 4:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 4:12

Greek

καὶ κοπιῶμεν ἐργαζόμενοι ταῖς ἰδίαις χερσίν· λοιδορούμενοι εὐλογοῦμεν, διωκόμενοι ἀνεχόμεθα,

kai kopiomen ergazomenoi tais idiais chersin· loidoroymenoi eylogoymen, diokomenoi anechometha,

KJV: And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

AKJV: And labor, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

ASV: and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

YLT: and labour, working with our own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer;

Exposition: 1Corinthians 4:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 4:13

Greek

⸀δυσφημούμενοι παρακαλοῦμεν· ὡς περικαθάρματα τοῦ κόσμου ἐγενήθημεν, πάντων περίψημα ἕως ἄρτι.

dysphemoymenoi parakaloymen· os perikatharmata toy kosmoy egenethemen, panton peripsema eos arti.

KJV: Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.

AKJV: Being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things to this day.

ASV: being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even until now.

YLT: being spoken evil of, we entreat; as filth of the world we did become--of all things an offscouring--till now.

Exposition: 1Corinthians 4:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 4:14

Greek

Οὐκ ἐντρέπων ὑμᾶς γράφω ταῦτα, ἀλλʼ ὡς τέκνα μου ἀγαπητὰ ⸀νουθετῶν·

Oyk entrepon ymas grapho tayta, all os tekna moy agapeta noytheton·

KJV: I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.

AKJV: I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.

ASV: I write not these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.

YLT: Not as putting you to shame do I write these things, but as my beloved children I do admonish,

Exposition: 1Corinthians 4:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 4:15

Greek

ἐὰν γὰρ μυρίους παιδαγωγοὺς ἔχητε ἐν Χριστῷ, ἀλλʼ οὐ πολλοὺς πατέρας, ἐν γὰρ Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ διὰ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου ἐγὼ ὑμᾶς ἐγέννησα.

ean gar myrioys paidagogoys echete en Christo, all oy polloys pateras, en gar Christo Iesoy dia toy eyaggelioy ego ymas egennesa.

KJV: For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

AKJV: For though you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have you not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

ASV: For though ye have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I begat you through the gospel.

YLT: for if a myriad of child-conductors ye may have in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus, through the good news, I--I did beget you;

Exposition: 1Corinthians 4:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 4:16

Greek

παρακαλῶ οὖν ὑμᾶς, μιμηταί μου γίνεσθε.

parakalo oyn ymas, mimetai moy ginesthe.

KJV: Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

AKJV: Why I beseech you, be you followers of me.

ASV: I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me.

YLT: I call upon you, therefore, become ye followers of me;

Exposition: 1Corinthians 4:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 4:17

Greek

διὰ τοῦτο ἔπεμψα ὑμῖν Τιμόθεον, ὅς ἐστίν ⸂μου τέκνον⸃ ἀγαπητὸν καὶ πιστὸν ἐν κυρίῳ, ὃς ὑμᾶς ἀναμνήσει τὰς ὁδούς μου τὰς ἐν Χριστῷ ⸀Ἰησοῦ, καθὼς πανταχοῦ ἐν πάσῃ ἐκκλησίᾳ διδάσκω.

dia toyto epempsa ymin Timotheon, os estin moy teknon agapeton kai piston en kyrio, os ymas anamnesei tas odoys moy tas en Christo Iesoy, kathos pantachoy en pase ekklesia didasko.

KJV: For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.

AKJV: For this cause have I sent to you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.

ASV: For this cause have I sent unto you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who shall put you in remembrance of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every church.

YLT: because of this I sent to you Timotheus, who is my child, beloved and faithful in the Lord, who shall remind you of my ways in Christ, according as everywhere in every assembly I teach.

Exposition: 1Corinthians 4:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 4:18

Greek

ὡς μὴ ἐρχομένου δέ μου πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐφυσιώθησάν τινες·

os me erchomenoy de moy pros ymas ephysiothesan tines·

KJV: Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.

AKJV: Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.

ASV: Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.

YLT: And as if I were not coming unto you certain were puffed up;

Exposition: 1Corinthians 4:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 4:19

Greek

ἐλεύσομαι δὲ ταχέως πρὸς ὑμᾶς, ἐὰν ὁ κύριος θελήσῃ, καὶ γνώσομαι οὐ τὸν λόγον τῶν πεφυσιωμένων ἀλλὰ τὴν δύναμιν,

eleysomai de tacheos pros ymas, ean o kyrios thelese, kai gnosomai oy ton logon ton pephysiomenon alla ten dynamin,

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

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

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

YLT: but I will come quickly unto you, if the Lord may will, and I will know not the word of those puffed up, but the power;

Exposition: 1Corinthians 4:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 4:20

Greek

οὐ γὰρ ἐν λόγῳ ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ ἀλλʼ ἐν δυνάμει.

oy gar en logo e basileia toy theoy all en dynamei.

KJV: For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

AKJV: For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

ASV: For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

YLT: for not in word is the reign of God, but in power?

Exposition: 1Corinthians 4:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 4:21

Greek

τί θέλετε; ἐν ῥάβδῳ ἔλθω πρὸς ὑμᾶς, ἢ ἐν ἀγάπῃ πνεύματί τε πραΰτητος;

ti thelete; en rabdo eltho pros ymas, e en agape pneymati te praytetos;

KJV: What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?

AKJV: What will you? shall I come to you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?

ASV: What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?

YLT: what do ye wish? with a rod shall I come unto you, or in love, with a spirit also of meekness?

Exposition: 1Corinthians 4:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.