# 1 Corinthians 4.2

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**Book:** [1 Corinthians](/codex/1-corinthians/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 1. Let a man so account of us, as of ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
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> **2. Here, moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.**
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> 3. But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. 4. For I know nothing against myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord. (1 Corinthians 4:1-4, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 1. So let a man think of us as Christ’s servants, and stewards of God’s mysteries.
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> **2. Here, moreover, it is required of stewards, that they be found faithful.**
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> 3. But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by man’s judgment. Yes, I don’t judge my own self. 4. For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this, but he who judges me is the Lord. (1 Corinthians 4:1-4, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 1. Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
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> **2. Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.**
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> 3. But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. <sup>judgment: Gr. day</sup> 4. For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord. <sup>know: or, I am not conscious of any fault</sup> (1 Corinthians 4:1-4, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 1. Let a man so reckon us as officers of Christ, and stewards of the secrets of God,
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> **2. and as to the rest, it is required in the stewards that one may be found faithful,**
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> 3. and to me it is for a very little thing that by you I may be judged, or by man's day, but not even myself do I judge, 4. for of nothing to myself have I been conscious, but not in this have I been declared right, and he who is discerning me is the Lord: (1 Corinthians 4:1-4, YLT)

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [Biblical Stewardship](/codex/biblical-stewardship/), via [1 Corinthians 4.1-2](/codex/1-corinthians-4-1-2/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.