1 Corinthians 4:2
New International Version
Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.

New Living Translation
Now, a person who is put in charge as a manager must be faithful.

English Standard Version
Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.

Berean Standard Bible
Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.

Berean Literal Bible
In this case, moreover, it is required in the stewards, that one shall be found faithful.

King James Bible
Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

New King James Version
Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful.

New American Standard Bible
In this case, moreover, it is required of stewards that one be found trustworthy.

NASB 1995
In this case, moreover, it is required of stewards that one be found trustworthy.

NASB 1977
In this case, moreover, it is required of stewards that one be found trustworthy.

Legacy Standard Bible
In this case, moreover, it is required of stewards that one be found faithful.

Amplified Bible
In this case, moreover, it is required [as essential and demanded] of stewards that one be found faithful and trustworthy.

Christian Standard Bible
In this regard, it is required that managers be found faithful.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
In this regard, it is expected of managers that each one of them be found faithful.

American Standard Version
Here, moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Now, henceforth, it is required in stewards that a man should be found being faithful.

Contemporary English Version
And since our first duty is to be faithful to the one we work for,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Here now it is required among the dispensers, that a man be found faithful.

English Revised Version
Here, moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Managers are required to be trustworthy.

Good News Translation
The one thing required of such servants is that they be faithful to their master.

International Standard Version
Now it is required of servant managers that each one should prove to be trustworthy.

Literal Standard Version
and as to the rest, it is required in the stewards that one may be found faithful,

Majority Standard Bible
Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.

New American Bible
Now it is of course required of stewards that they be found trustworthy.

NET Bible
Now what is sought in stewards is that one be found faithful.

New Revised Standard Version
Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found trustworthy.

New Heart English Bible
Here, moreover, it is required of stewards, that they be found faithful.

Webster's Bible Translation
Moreover, it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful.

Weymouth New Testament
This being so, it follows that fidelity is what is required in stewards.

World English Bible
Here, moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.

Young's Literal Translation
and as to the rest, it is required in the stewards that one may be found faithful,

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Context
Servants of Christ
1So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful. 3I care very little, however, if I am judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself.…

Cross References
2 Kings 12:15
No accounting was required from the men who received the money to pay the workmen, because they acted with integrity.

2 Kings 22:7
But they need not account for the money put into their hands, since they work with integrity."

1 Corinthians 4:1
So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

1 Corinthians 4:3
I care very little, however, if I am judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself.


Treasury of Scripture

Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

that.

1 Corinthians 4:17
For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.

1 Corinthians 7:25
Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.

Numbers 12:7
My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.

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1 Corinthians 4
1. In what account the apostles ought to be regarded.
7. We have nothing which we have not received.
9. The apostles spectacles to the world, angels, and men;
13. the filth and offscouring of the world;
15. yet our fathers in Christ;
16. whom we ought to follow.














(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.

Verse 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.

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Greek
Now
ὧδε (hōde)
Adverb
Strong's 5602: From an adverb form of hode; in this same spot, i.e. Here or hither.

it is required
ζητεῖται (zēteitai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2212: To seek, search for, desire, require, demand. Of uncertain affinity; to seek; specially, to worship, or to plot.

of stewards
οἰκονόμοις (oikonomois)
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3623: A household manager, a steward, guardian.

that
ἵνα (hina)
Conjunction
Strong's 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.

they be found
εὑρεθῇ (heurethē)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2147: A prolonged form of a primary heuro, which heureo is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find.

faithful.
πιστός (pistos)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4103: Trustworthy, faithful, believing. From peitho; objectively, trustworthy; subjectively, trustful.


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