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The Nature of True Apostleship
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This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the mysteries God has revealed. SCode 1Cor 9:17 1Pet 4:10
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Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.
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I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself.
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My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me. SCode Job 9:2 Job 9:15 Psa 143:2 Psa 130:3 Act 23:1 1Jn 3:21
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Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God. SCode Mt 7:1 Mt 13:29 Jn 21:22 Rom 2:1 Rom 2:16 1Cor 3:8 1Cor 3:13 2Cor 10:18
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Now, brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying, "Do not go beyond what is written." Then you will not be puffed up in being a follower of one of us over against the other. SCode 1Cor 5:2 1Cor 13:4 1Cor 4:18~19
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For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not? SCode 1Chr 29:14 Jn 3:27 Jas 1:17 1Pet 4:10
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Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! You have begun to reign - and that without us! How I wish that you really had begun to reign so that we also might reign with you!
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For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of the procession, like those condemned to die in the arena. We have been made a spectacle to the whole universe, to angels as well as to human beings. SCode Isa 20:3 Heb 10:33
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We are fools for Christ, but you are so wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, we are dishonored! SCode Act 17:18 Act 26:24 1Cor 2:3 1Cor 1:18 2Cor 13:9~10 2Cor 11:19~20
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To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless. SCode Mt 8:20 Rom 8:35~36 2Cor 11:23 2Cor 11:27 Phil 4:12
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We work hard with our own hands. When we are cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it; SCode Jn 15:20 Act 18:3 1Pet 3:9
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when we are slandered, we answer kindly. We have become the scum of the earth, the garbage of the world - right up to this moment. SCode Isa 64:6 Isa 30:22 Lam 3:45
Paul’s Appeal and Warning
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I am writing this not to shame you but to warn you as my dear children. SCode 1Cor 6:5 1Cor 15:34 2Cor 6:13 1Th 2:11 3Jn 1:4
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Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. SCode 1Cor 3:10 Gal 4:19 Phm 1:10
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Therefore I urge you to imitate me. SCode 1Cor 11:1 Phil 4:9 Phil 3:17 1Th 1:6 2Th 3:9
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For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, my son whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which agrees with what I teach everywhere in every church. SCode 1Cor 16:10 1Cor 7:17 1Tim 1:2 2Tim 1:2
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Some of you have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you. SCode 1Cor 4:6 1Cor 4:21 2Cor 10:2
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But I will come to you very soon, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only how these arrogant people are talking, but what power they have. SCode Act 20:2 Act 19:21 1Cor 16:5~6 1Cor 11:34 2Cor 1:15~16
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For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power. SCode 1Cor 2:4
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What do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod of discipline, or shall I come in love and with a gentle spirit? SCode 2Cor 2:1 2Cor 13:2 2Cor 2:3 2Cor 12:20 2Cor 1:23
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