1 Corinthians 4

Treated in 15 passages across the library.

  • 4:15 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. 6
  • 4:5 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. 2
  • 4:20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. 2
  • 4:1 Let a man so account of us, as of ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. 1
  • 4:2 Here, moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. 1
  • 4:4 For I know nothing against myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord. 1
  • 4:9 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. 1
  • 4:16 I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me. 1

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  1. The Bruised Reed · Richard Sibbes

    Tenderness required in ministers toward young beginners cites 1 Cor. iv. 1

    …n was one of the inlets of popery; let a man account of us as of the ministers of Christ, 1 Cor. iv. 1, neither more nor less, just so much. How careful was St. Paul in cases of conscience not…

  2. Rise Up, Men of God · Ochorus Originals

    Vision and Stewardship cites 1 Corinthians 4:2

    …on loan. "Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful" (1 Corinthians 4:2). The parable of the talents (Matthew 25:14–30) is clear: the Master will return and ask …

  3. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    The Holy Spirit Setting the Believer Free from the Power of Indwelling Sin cites 1 Corinthians 4:4

    … while we might not know anything against ourselves, God might know something against us (1 Corinthians 4:4), and He would bring it to light and our failure could be confessed and put away. “No,” h…

  4. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    XII. Nothing can be certainly concluded concerning the nature of religious affections, that any are the subjects of, from this, that the outward manifestations of them, and the relation persons give of them, are very affecting and pleasing to the truly godly, and such as greatly gain their charity, cites 1 Cor. 4:5

    …etermining voice in this matter, is confirmed by the same apostle's use of the phrase, in 1 Cor. 4:5: "Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to li…

  5. Selected Sermons of Jonathan Edwards · Jonathan Edwards

    A Farewell Sermon cites 1 Cor. iv. 5

    …ts of every heart shall be made manifest, and every man’s state shall be perfectly known: 1 Cor. iv. 5, “Therefore, judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to l…

  6. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Sixth Stage cites 1 Cor. 4:9

    … people, therefore, of the fair made a great gazing upon them: some said they were fools; 1 Cor. 4:9,10; some, they were bedlams; and some, they were outlandish men. Secondly, And as they wo…

  7. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Second Stage cites 1 Cor. 4:15

    … Interpreter: The man whose picture this is, is one of a thousand: he can beget children, 1 Cor. 4:15, travail in birth with children, Gal. 4:19, and nurse them himself when they are born. An…

  8. Lectures on Revivals of Religion · Charles G. Finney

    Lecture XII. How to Preach the Gospel cites 1 Cor. iv. 15

    …o righteousness as stars for ever and ever.” Here the work is ascribed to men. So also in 1 Cor. iv. 15. “For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: fo…

  9. How to Bring Men to Christ · R. A. Torrey

    Dealing with the Willful and the Deluded cites 1 Cor. iv. 15

    …n be easily shown them that the language used does not fit baptism. Further than this, in 1 Cor. iv. 15, Paul says to the Corinthian Christians he had begotten them again through the gospel. If…

  10. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    The New Birth cites 1 Cor. 4:15

    …word of God, which liveth and abideth." And Paul gives voice to the same great thought in 1 Cor. 4:15, where he says: "For though ye should have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet have ye not…

  11. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    The Regenerating Work of the Holy Spirit cites 1 Corinthians 4:15

    …man heart is the soil, the Word of God is the seed ( Luke 8:11; 1 Peter 1:23; James 1:18; 1 Corinthians 4:15), every preacher or teacher of the Word is a sower, but the Spirit of God is the One who …

  12. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.5 The Fifth Commandment cites 1 Cor 4: 15

    …et have ye not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.’ 1 Cor 4: 15. The spiritual fathers are to be honoured in respect of their office. Whatever their pers…

  13. The Ministry of Intercession · Andrew Murray

    Paul a Pattern of Prayer cites 1 Cor. iv. 16

    …uld have, of what Christ would work. Seven times Paul speaks of believers following him: (1 Cor. iv. 16), “Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me”; (xi. 1), “Be ye followers of me, even…

  14. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    XII. Gracious and holy affections have their exercise and fruit in Christian practice cites 1 Cor. 4:20

    …5, "Our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost." 1 Cor. 4:20, "The kingdom of God is not in word, but in power." Hence saving affections, though often…

  15. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Fifth Stage cites 1 Cor. 4:20

    … “They say, and do not;” but the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. Matt. 23:3; 1 Cor. 4:20. He talketh of prayer, of repentance, of faith, and of the new birth; but he knows but on…