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1 Korintus 4:1-2

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The Apostles’ Ministry

4:1 One¹ should think about us this way – as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. 4:2 Now what is sought in stewards is that one be found faithful.

1 Korintus 6:4

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6:4 So if you have ordinary lawsuits, do you appoint as judges those who have no standing in the church?²

Efesus 3:7

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3:7 I became a servant of this gospel³ according to the gift of God’s grace that was given to me by⁴ the exercise of his power.⁵

Kolose 1:23

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1:23 if indeed you remain in the faith, established and firm,⁶ without shifting⁷ from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has also been preached in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become its servant.

Kolose 1:25

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1:25 I became a servant of the church according to the stewardship⁸ from God – given to me for you – in order to complete⁹ the word of God,

[4:1] ¹tn Here ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is both indefinite and general, “one”; “a person” (BDAG 81 s.v. 4.a.γ).

[6:4] ²tn Or “if you have ordinary lawsuits, appoint as judges those who have no standing in the church!” This alternative reading (cf. KJV, NIV) takes the Greek verb καθίζετε (kaqizete) as an ironic imperative instead of a question. This verb comes, however, at the end of the sentence. It is not impossible that Paul meant for it to be understood this way, but its placement in the sentence does not make this probable.

[3:7] ³tn Grk “of which I was made a minister,” “of which I became a servant.”

[3:7] ⁴tn Grk “according to.”

[3:7] ⁵sn On the exercise of his power see 1:19-20.

[1:23] ⁶tn BDAG 276 s.v. ἑδραῖος suggests “firm, steadfast.”

[1:23] ⁷tn BDAG 639 s.v. μετακινέω suggests “without shifting from the hope” here.

[1:25] ⁸tn BDAG 697 s.v. οἰκονομία 1.b renders the term here as “divine office.”

[1:25] ⁹tn See BDAG 828 s.v. πληρόω 3. The idea here seems to be that the apostle wants to “complete the word of God” in that he wants to preach it to every person in the known world (cf. Rom 15:19). See P. T. O’Brien, Colossians, Philemon (WBC), 82.