TSK · 1 Corinthians 4:1

"Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?

He said, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God, but to the rest in parables; that 'seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'

He also said to his disciples, "There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.

But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds for our glory,

Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.

For we don't preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake;

Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I am more so; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths often.

making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him

on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News,

that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,

not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.

Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.

As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms.