1 Corinthians · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
1 Corinthians 4 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
1 Ούτως ας μας θεωρή πας άνθρωπος ως υπηρέτας του Χριστού και οικονόμους των μυστηρίων του Θεού.
1 So let a man think of us as Christ’s servants and stewards of God’s mysteries.
1 Οὕτως ἡμᾶς λογιζέσθω ἄνθρωπος, ὡς ὑπηρέτας Χριστοῦ καὶ οἰκονόμους μυστηρίων Θεοῦ.
2 Το δε επίλοιπον ζητείται μεταξύ των οικονόμων, να ευρεθή έκαστος πιστός.
2 Here, moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.
2 ὃ δὲ λοιπὸν ζητεῖται ἐν τοῖς οἰκονόμοις, ἵνα πιστός τις εὑρεθῇ.
3 Εις εμέ δε ελάχιστον είναι να ανακριθώ υφ' υμών ή υπό ανθρωπίνης κρίσεως· αλλ' ουδέ ανακρίνω εμαυτόν.
3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by a human court. Yes, I don’t even judge my own self.
3 ἐμοὶ δὲ εἰς ἐλάχιστόν ἐστιν ἵνα ὑφ᾽ ὑμῶν ἀνακριθῶ ἢ ὑπὸ ἀνθρωπίνης ἡμέρας· ἀλλ᾽ οὐδὲ ἐμαυτὸν ἀνακρίνω·
4 Διότι η συνείδησίς μου δεν με ελέγχει εις ουδέν· πλην με τούτο δεν είμαι δεδικαιωμένος· αλλ' ο ανακρίνων με είναι ο Κύριος.
4 For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this, but he who judges me is the Lord.
4 οὐδὲν γὰρ ἐμαυτῷ σύνοιδα· ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἐν τούτῳ δεδικαίωμαι· ὁ δὲ ἀνακρίνων με Κύριός ἐστιν.
5 Ώστε μη κρίνετε μηδέν προ καιρού, έως αν έλθη ο Κύριος, όστις και θέλει φέρει εις το φως τα κρυπτά του σκότους και θέλει φανερώσει τας βουλάς των καρδιών, και τότε ο έπαινος θέλει γείνει εις έκαστον από του Θεού.
5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.
5 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.
6 Ταύτα δε, αδελφοί, μετέφερα παραδειγματικώς εις εμαυτόν και εις τον Απολλώ διά σας, διά να μάθητε διά του παραδείγματος ημών να μη φρονήτε υπέρ ό,τι είναι γεγραμμένον, διά να μη επαίρησθε εις υπέρ του ενός κατά του άλλου.
6 Now these things, brothers, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us you might learn not to think beyond the things which are written, that none of you be puffed up against one another.
6 Ταῦτα δέ, ἀδελφοί, μετεσχημάτισα εἰς ἐμαυτὸν καὶ Ἀπολλὼ δι᾽ ὑμᾶς, ἵνα ἐν ἡμῖν μάθητε τὸ μὴ ὑπὲρ ὃ γέγραπται φρονεῖν, ἵνα μὴ εἷς ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἑνὸς φυσιοῦσθε κατὰ τοῦ ἑτέρου.
7 Διότι τις σε διακρίνει από του άλλου; και τι έχεις, το οποίον δεν έλαβες, εάν δε και έλαβες, τι καυχάσαι ως μη λαβών;
7 For who makes you different? And what do you have that you didn’t receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?
7 τίς γάρ σε διακρίνει; τί δὲ ἔχεις ὃ οὐκ ἔλαβες; εἰ δὲ καὶ ἔλαβες, τί καυχᾶσαι ὡς μὴ λαβών;
8 Τώρα είσθε κεχορτασμένοι, τώρα επλουτήσατε, εβασιλεύσατε χωρίς ημών· και είθε να εβασιλεύητε, διά να συμβασιλεύσωμεν και ημείς με σας.
8 You are already filled. You have already become rich. You have come to reign without us. Yes, and I wish that you did reign, that we also might reign with you!
8 ἤδη κεκορεσμένοι ἐστέ, ἤδη ἐπλουτήσατε, χωρὶς ἡμῶν ἐβασιλεύσατε· καὶ ὄφελόν γε ἐβασιλεύσατε, ἵνα καὶ ἡμεῖς ὑμῖν συμβασιλεύσωμεν.
9 Διότι νομίζω ότι ο Θεός απέδειξεν ημάς τους αποστόλους εσχάτους ως καταδεδικασμένους εις θάνατον· διότι εγείναμεν θέατρον εις τον κόσμον, και εις αγγέλους και εις ανθρώπους.
9 For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last of all, like men sentenced to death. For we are made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.
9 δοκῶ γὰρ ὅτι ὁ Θεὸς ἡμᾶς τοὺς ἀποστόλους ἐσχάτους ἀπέδειξεν, ὡς ἐπιθανατίους, ὅτι θέατρον ἐγενήθημεν τῷ κόσμῳ, καὶ ἀγγέλοις καὶ ἀνθρώποις.
10 Ημείς μωροί διά τον Χριστόν, σεις δε φρόνιμοι εν Χριστώ· ημείς ασθενείς, σεις δε ισχυροί· σεις ένδοξοι, ημείς δε άτιμοι.
10 We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we have dishonor.
10 ἡμεῖς μωροὶ διὰ Χριστόν, ὑμεῖς δὲ φρόνιμοι ἐν Χριστῷ· ἡμεῖς ἀσθενεῖς, ὑμεῖς δὲ ἰσχυροί· ὑμεῖς ἔνδοξοι, ἡμεῖς δὲ ἄτιμοι.
11 Έως της παρούσης ώρας και πεινώμεν και διψώμεν και γυμνητεύομεν και ραπιζόμεθα και περιπλανώμεθα
11 Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.
11 ἄχρι τῆς ἄρτι ὥρας καὶ πεινῶμεν καὶ διψῶμεν καὶ γυμνητεύομεν καὶ κολαφιζόμεθα καὶ ἀστατοῦμεν
12 και κοπιώμεν, εργαζόμενοι με τας ιδίας ημών χείρας· λοιδορούμενοι ευλογούμεν, διωκόμενοι υποφέρομεν,
12 We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.
12 καὶ κοπιῶμεν ἐργαζόμενοι ταῖς ἰδίαις χερσί· λοιδορούμενοι εὐλογοῦμεν, διωκόμενοι ἀνεχόμεθα,
13 βλασφημούμενοι παρακαλούμεν· ως περικαθάρματα του κόσμου εγείναμεν, σκύβαλον πάντων έως της σήμερον.
13 Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.
13 βλασφημούμενοι παρακαλοῦμεν· ὡς περικαθάρματα τοῦ κόσμου ἐγενήθημεν, πάντων περίψημα ἕως ἄρτι.
14 Δεν γράφω ταύτα προς εντροπήν σας, αλλ' ως τέκνα μου αγαπητά νουθετώ.
14 I don’t write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
14 Οὐκ ἐντρέπων ὑμᾶς γράφω ταῦτα, ἀλλ᾽ ὡς τέκνα μου ἀγαπητὰ νουθετῶ.
15 Διότι εάν έχητε μυρίους παιδαγωγούς εν Χριστώ, δεν έχετε όμως πολλούς πατέρας· επειδή εγώ σας εγέννησα εν Χριστώ Ιησού διά του ευαγγελίου.
15 For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, you don’t have many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the Good News.
15 ἐὰν γὰρ μυρίους παιδαγωγοὺς ἔχητε ἐν Χριστῷ, ἀλλ᾽ οὐ πολλοὺς πατέρας· ἐν γὰρ Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ διὰ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου ἐγὼ ὑμᾶς ἐγέννησα.
16 Σας παρακαλώ, λοιπόν, γίνεσθε μιμηταί μου.
16 I beg you therefore, be imitators of me.
16 παρακαλῶ οὖν ὑμᾶς, μιμηταί μου γίνεσθε.
17 Διά τούτο σας έπεμψα τον Τιμόθεον, όστις είναι τέκνον μου αγαπητόν και πιστόν εν Κυρίω, όστις θέλει σας ενθυμίσει τας οδούς μου τας εν Χριστώ, καθώς διδάσκω πανταχού εν πάση εκκλησία.
17 Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.
17 Διὰ τοῦτο ἔπεμψα ὑμῖν Τιμόθεον, ὅς ἐστι τέκνον μου ἀγαπητὸν καὶ πιστὸν ἐν Κυρίῳ, ὃς ὑμᾶς ἀναμνήσει τὰς ὁδούς μου τὰς ἐν Χριστῷ, καθὼς πανταχοῦ ἐν πάσῃ ἐκκλησίᾳ διδάσκω.
18 Τινές όμως εφυσιώθησαν, ως εάν εγώ δεν έμελλον να έλθω προς εσάς·
18 Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.
18 Ὡς μὴ ἐρχομένου δέ μου πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐφυσιώθησάν τινες·
19 πλην θέλω ελθεί ταχέως προς εσάς, εάν ο Κύριος θελήση, και θέλω γνωρίσει ουχί τον λόγον των πεφυσιωμένων, αλλά την δύναμιν·
19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing. And I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.
19 ἐλεύσομαι δὲ ταχέως πρὸς ὑμᾶς, ἐὰν ὁ Κύριος θελήσῃ, καὶ γνώσομαι οὐ τὸν λόγον τῶν πεφυσιωμένων, ἀλλὰ τὴν δύναμιν·
20 διότι η βασιλεία του Θεού δεν είναι εν λόγω, αλλ' εν δυνάμει.
20 For God’s Kingdom is not in word, but in power.
20 οὐ γὰρ ἐν λόγῳ ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν δυνάμει.
21 Τι θέλετε; με ράβδον να έλθω προς εσάς, ή με αγάπην και με πνεύμα πραότητος;
21 What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?
21 τί θέλετε; ἐν ῥάβδῳ ἔλθω πρὸς ὑμᾶς, ἢ ἐν ἀγάπῃ πνεύματί τε πρᾳότητος;
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Timothy
A disciple from Lystra with a Greek father and a believing Jewish mother, whom Paul circumcised and took with him as a coworker; he received two letters from Paul.
Cited in the guide: Acts 16:1; 1 Corinthians 4:17; Philippians 2:19
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Peter 4:10; Titus 1:7; 1 Timothy 3:9; Ephesians 6:19; 2 Corinthians 4:5
- 2 Matthew 25:21; Luke 12:42; Luke 16:10–12; Colossians 4:17; Numbers 12:7
- 3 John 7:24; 1 Corinthians 2:15; 1 Samuel 16:7; 1 Corinthians 3:13
- 4 Psalm 143:2; 1 John 3:20–21; Psalm 130:3; Proverbs 21:2; Psalm 19:12
- 5 James 5:7; 2 Corinthians 5:10; 1 Corinthians 3:13; Hebrews 4:13; 2 Corinthians 10:18
- 6 2 Corinthians 11:4; 2 Corinthians 12:19; 2 Corinthians 12:6; Colossians 2:18; Romans 12:3
- 7 John 3:27; 1 Peter 4:10; James 1:17; 1 Chronicles 29:11–16; John 1:16
- 8 Proverbs 13:7; Romans 12:3; Luke 6:25; 1 Corinthians 5:6; 2 Corinthians 13:9
- 9 Hebrews 10:33; 2 Corinthians 4:8–12; Romans 8:36; 2 Corinthians 1:8–10; 1 Corinthians 15:30–32
- 10 1 Corinthians 2:3; Acts 26:24; 1 Corinthians 3:18; 2 Corinthians 13:9; Acts 17:18
- 11 Romans 8:35; Philippians 4:12; 2 Corinthians 11:23–27; Matthew 8:20; 2 Timothy 3:11
- 12 1 Peter 3:9; Romans 12:14; Matthew 5:11; 1 Peter 4:12–14; Luke 6:28
- 13 Lamentations 3:45; Acts 22:22
- 14 1 Thessalonians 2:11; 3 John 4; 1 Corinthians 9:15; 1 Corinthians 4:15; Colossians 1:28
- 15 1 Corinthians 3:10; Galatians 4:19; 1 Peter 1:23; 1 Corinthians 9:14; 1 Corinthians 9:23
- 16 1 Corinthians 11:1; Philippians 3:17; 2 Thessalonians 3:9; 1 Thessalonians 1:6; Hebrews 13:7
- 17 1 Timothy 1:2; 1 Corinthians 16:10; 1 Corinthians 7:17; 2 Timothy 1:2; 1 Corinthians 16:1
- 18 1 Corinthians 5:2; 1 Corinthians 4:6–8; 1 Corinthians 4:21
- 19 2 Corinthians 13:1–4; Acts 18:21; Acts 19:21; 1 Corinthians 11:34; 1 Corinthians 2:6
- 20 1 Corinthians 2:4; 1 Thessalonians 1:5; 2 Corinthians 10:4–5; Romans 14:17; Romans 1:16
- 21 2 Corinthians 13:2; 2 Corinthians 13:10; 1 Thessalonians 2:7; 2 Corinthians 12:20–21; James 3:17
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Together with all other ills, I know not how, there hath come upon man's nature the disease of restless prying and of unseasonable curiosity, which Christ Himself chastised, saying, (St. Matt. vii. 1.) "Judge not, that ye be not judged." A kind of thing, which hath no pleasure as all other sins have, but only punishment and vengeance.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 12 (1889)
… not one thing in one place, and another in another; according to which Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and Moses, and David, and all those commended by the mouth of God were righteous, but were judged unrighteous by foolish men, judging out of man's judgment, and gauging by the petty standard of their own manners the manners of the whole …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
… is against our will; but nevertheless it doth not escape punishment, but of it too we have to give account:--both of what we know, and of what we do not know; "For I know nothing by myself," saith one, "yet am I not hereby justified:" --both for what we have done in ignorance, and what in knowledge; "For I bear …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
And the Martyrs confess, by being made a spectacle unto the world, and to Angels, and to men; and thou wilt soon confess:--but it is not yet the time for thee to hear of this.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
7. For it is Thou, Lord, that judgest me; for although no "man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him," yet is there something of man which "the spirit of man which is in him" itself knoweth not.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)