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1 Corinthians 4:1. So... let people consider us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God, therefore, do not be called by the name of any of us or of others. 1 Cor.4:2. But house builders are required, however, - so that... everyone turns out to be faithful... 1 Cor.4:3. For me, even for reproach it serves 3 so that I may be judged by you 4, or ever a son of man 5. But although I know that I am not at all accused by you, and my conscience (spirit) does not reproach me for anything, however, it is not this, that is, not the fact that my conscience (mind) does not convict me in the least, that I am already “justified”, for it is not my conscience (mind) that is my judge, since 1 Cor.4:4. The Lord who judges me is. Since He justifies me in consciousness or conscience, then 1 Cor.4:5. therefore... before the time... do not judge me until... the Lord comes, who will illuminate what is hidden, done in secret, and reveal the intentions... of the heart, and then... praise... will be... announced to everyone from God the Judge. 1 Cor.4:6. This... I put it on myself and Apollos for your sake, so that you could learn from us, - do not speculate more than what is written, that is, do not boast about wisdom, for it is written about it that it is foolishness before God - both for it and for everyone else, Let one not be arrogant before another. After all, who (how) can distinguish what you have, if you received it freely and by grace? And if you received it through a gift, then “why do you boast” as if it were yours (1 Cor. 4:7)? And what does what you received mean in comparison with what the apostles received? Even with the small gifts you have received, 1 Cor.4:8. you... weren’t full and rich without us, - that is, with us (during our lives), It would be good for you to reign with them (the apostles), so that Again the apostle humiliates himself and his comrades in order to dispel the pride with which the Corinthians were overwhelmed by his humility. 1 Cor.4:9. For I think,” he says, “that... God... to us Apostles in the last time 6 showed the truth, as if condemned to death, because, behold, we have become a spectacle... peace to both Angels and people, that is, for the Gentiles, the priests and the Jews. 1 Cor.4:10. We are foolish 7 for the sake of... Christ, but you are wise in Christ, - you are in glory, and we are in dishonor. . 1 Corinthians 4:11. Even to this day, - that is, until the last hour, - We endure both hunger and thirst. 1 Cor.4:12. And... I eat work with my hands... with my own. And not only by this alone did we become an example for them, but also by our other deeds. They blasphemed us, and we blessed them. Truly, as if we were held up as a laughing stock before this world, we are trampled underfoot by everyone (1 Cor. 4:13). 1 Cor.4:14. But I’m writing this... not in order to shame you when the opposite is already happening among you, but so that you imitate us like children. You know that through the Gospel 1 Corinthians 4:15. I... gave birth to you. 1 Corinthians 4:17. For this purpose I sent Timothy to you... who... will... remind you... of my bonds, that is, so that he informs you of my deeds, which are “in Christ,” so that you may know that as I act, This is what I teach in every church. 1 Corinthians 4:18. Some of you have become proud over each other and think that 1 Corinthians 4:19. But... I will come... soon and I will learn not the words about the proud, but their strength. 1 Corinthians 4:20. For... we have the kingdom of God not in word, but in power 1 Cor.4:21. So, what do you want? come to you with a rod, Russian: “means very little”; slav.: “it’s not great.” According to the Synodal translation (Russian): “It means very little to me how you judge me or how other people judge me; I do not judge myself” (1 Cor. 4:3). Lit. according to the glory, translation: “or from the day of man,” that is, human judgment; the expression represents correspondence to the day of the Lord, when the Judgment of God will take place, or it serves as a descriptive and metaphorical designation for man in general. The translation and interpretation of St. Ephraim corresponds to the Syriac and Ethiopic (Valt.) translations You might be interested in: