4:1  sic nos existimet homo ut               1.  Let a man so account of us, as of
ministros Christi et dispensatores           the ministers of Christ, and stewards
mysteriorum Dei                              of the mysteries of God.

4:2  hic iam quaeritur inter                 2.  Moreover it is required in
dispensatores ut fidelis quis inveniatur     stewards, that a man be found faithful.

4:3  mihi autem pro minimo est ut a          3.  But with me it is a very small
vobis iudicer aut ab humano die sed          thing that I should be judged of you,
neque me ipsum iudico                        or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not
                                             mine own self.

4:4  nihil enim mihi conscius sum sed        4.  For I know nothing by myself; yet
non in hoc iustificatus sum qui autem        am I not hereby justified: but he that
iudicat me Dominus est                       judgeth me is the Lord.

4:5  itaque nolite ante tempus iudicare      5.  Therefore judge nothing before the
quoadusque veniat Dominus qui et             time, until the Lord come, who both
inluminabit abscondita tenebrarum et         will bring to light the hidden things
manifestabit consilia cordium et tunc        of darkness, and will make manifest the
laus erit unicuique a Deo                    counsels of the hearts: and then shall
                                             every man have praise of God.

4:6  haec autem fratres transfiguravi        6.  And these things, brethren, I have
in me et Apollo propter vos ut in nobis      in a figure transferred to myself and
discatis ne supra quam scriptum est          to Apollos for your sakes; that ye
unus adversus alterum infletur pro alio      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.

4:7  quis enim te discernit quid autem       7.  For who maketh thee to differ from
habes quod non accepisti si autem            another? and what hast thou that thou
accepisti quid gloriaris quasi non           didst not receive? now if thou didst
acceperis                                    receive it, why dost thou glory, as if
                                             thou hadst not received it?

4:8  iam saturati estis iam divites          8.  Now ye are full, now ye are rich,
facti estis sine nobis regnastis et          ye have reigned as kings without us:
utinam regnaretis ut et nos vobiscum         and I would to God ye did reign, that
regnaremus                                   we also might reign with you.

4:9  puto enim Deus nos apostolos            9.  For I think that God hath set forth
novissimos ostendit tamquam morti            us the apostles last, as it were
destinatos quia spectaculum facti sumus      appointed to death: for we are made a
mundo et angelis et hominibus                spectacle unto the world, and to
                                             angels, and to men.

4:10  nos stulti propter Christum vos        10.  We are fools for Christ's sake,
autem prudentes in Christo nos infirmi       but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak,
vos autem fortes vos nobiles nos autem       but ye are strong; ye are honourable,
ignobiles                                    but we are despised.

4:11  usque in hanc horam et esurimus        11.  Even unto this present hour we
et sitimus et nudi sumus et colaphis         both hunger, and thirst, and are naked,
caedimur et instabiles sumus                 and are buffeted, and have no certain
                                             dwellingplace;

4:12  et laboramus operantes manibus         12.  And labour, working with our own
nostris maledicimur et benedicimus           hands: being reviled, we bless; being
persecutionem patimur et sustinemus          persecuted, we suffer it:

4:13  blasphemamur et obsecramus             13.  Being defamed, we intreat: we are
tamquam purgamenta huius mundi facti         made as the filth of the world, and are
sumus omnium peripsima usque adhuc           the offscouring of all things unto this
                                             day.

4:14  non ut confundam vos haec scribo       14.  I write not these things to shame
sed ut filios meos carissimos moneo          you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.

4:15  nam si decem milia pedagogorum         15.  For though ye have ten thousand
habeatis in Christo sed non multos           instructers in Christ, yet have ye not
patres nam in Christo Iesu per               many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I
evangelium ego vos genui                     have begotten you through the gospel.

4:16  rogo ergo vos imitatores mei           16.  Wherefore I beseech you, be ye
estote                                       followers of me.

4:17  ideo misi ad vos Timotheum qui         17.  For this cause have I sent unto
est filius meus carissimus et fidelis        you Timotheus, who is my beloved son,
in Domino qui vos commonefaciat vias         and faithful in the Lord, who shall
meas quae sunt in Christo sicut ubique       bring you into remembrance of my ways
in omni ecclesia doceo                       which be in Christ, as I teach every
                                             where in every church.

4:18  tamquam non venturus sim ad vos        18.  Now some are puffed up, as though
sic inflati sunt quidam                      I would not come to you.

4:19  veniam autem cito ad vos si            19.  But I will come to you shortly, if
Dominus voluerit et cognoscam non            the Lord will, and will know, not the
sermonem eorum qui inflati sunt sed          speech of them which are puffed up, but
virtutem                                     the power.

4:20  non enim in sermone est regnum         20.  For the kingdom of God is not in
Dei sed in virtute                           word, but in power.

4:21  quid vultis in virga veniam ad         21.  What will ye? shall I come unto
vos an in caritate et spiritu                you with a rod, or in love, and in the
mansuetudinis                                spirit of meekness?