1 Corinthians 4
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1 Corinthians 7:33-8:4 in Papyrus 15, written in the 3rd century.
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| Book | First Epistle to the Corinthians |
| Bible part | New Testament |
| Order in the Bible part | 7 |
| Category | Pauline epistles |
1 Corinthians 4 is the fourth chapter of the First Epistle to the Corinthians in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It is authored by Paul the Apostle and Sosthenes in Ephesus. Paul continues to confront the factionalism of the Corinthian church and describes the role of an apostle.
The New King James Version organises this chapter as follows:
Theologian Albert Barnes argues that verses 1 to 6 should have remained with chapter 3.
In verse 1, Paul writes of "us" as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. The New Living Translation and the Living Bible paraphrase both specify that "us" refers to Paul and Apollos, continuing from the references to factions within the church which Paul has confronted in the previous chapter. The Weymouth New Testament and Albert Barnes both refer to "us" as "us Apostles".Heinrich Meyer argues differently: "us" meaning "myself and such as I, by which other apostles also and apostolic teachers (like Apollos) are meant. In view of 1 Corinthians 3:22 (whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or things present or things to come — all are yours) no narrower limitation is allowable."
The words generally translated as "servants of Christ" (υπηρετας χριστου, hypēretas Christou) could also be translated as "officers" of Christ.
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