1st Corinthians Chapter 4 verse 2 Holy Bible
Here, moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
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And it is right for such servants to be safe persons.
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Here, further, it is sought in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
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Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
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Here, moreover, it is required of stewards, that they be found faithful.
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and as to the rest, it is required in the stewards that one may be found faithful,
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1st Corinthians 4 : 2 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 2. - Moreover. The true reading (א, A, B, C, D, F) is ω΅δε κοιπὸν, here, moreover; i.e. "on this earth." It may be required of him as a minister that he should be faithful, but if, being faithful, he is misjudged and depreciated, his appeal lies to a truer and loftier tribunal. It is required. This is the reading of א, A, C, D. Other manuscripts have "ye require;" but the sound of the two words in Hellenistic Greek would have been almost indistinguishable. That a man be found faithful. We have a right to demand that on trial he be proved to be honest and diligent. So our Lord has described the "faithful and wise steward" in Luke 12:42, 43. What is required of ministers is neither brilliancy, nor eloquence, nor profound knowledge, nor success, but only - fidelity.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(2) Moreover it is required . . .--Better, Moreover here (on earth) inquiry is made in the case of stewards in order that it may be found that one is faithful. The word "found" having the force of "discovered," or "proved to be" (as in Matthew 1:18; Romans 7:10). The argument here is that, as in the case of an earthly steward, inquiry is made into his character as to whether he be trustworthy--so it will be with them who are stewards of the mysteries of God. That inquiry is, of course, made in regard to an earthly steward by his master in whose service he is; and so the Lord alone, whose stewards the Apostles were, shall be the inquirer into their faithfulness. If we take 1Corinthians 4:2 as it is in our English version, it would seem to imply that on this point of faithfulness the Church might prefer one steward to another. This would be to suggest that to some extent, therefore, party-spirit might exist, which would be contrary to the whole argument from the commencement of the Epistle, and strikingly at variance with the remarks which immediately follow in 1Corinthians 4:5. The rendering adopted above is a more literal translation of the best Greek texts, and also perfectly in harmony with the general sense of the passage.
