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1 Corinthians 4:3 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


1 Corinthians 4:3Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Corinthians 4:317 words
GreekMeaning
ἐμοὶemoi
Me myselfpronounG1473
δὲde
howeverwordG1161
εἰςeis
toprepositionG1519
ἐλάχιστόνelachiston
the smallest matteradjectiveG1646
ἐστινestin
it isverbG1510
ἵναhina
thatwordG2443
ὑφ’hyph’
byprepositionG5259
ὑμῶνhymōn
youpronounG4771
ἀνακριθῶanakrithō
I may be examinedverbG350
ē
orwordG2228
ὑπὸhypo
byprepositionG5259
ἀνθρωπίνηςanthrōpinēs
a humanadjectiveG442
ἡμέραςhēmeras
courtnounG2250
ἀλλ’all’
In factwordG235
οὐδὲoude
neitheradverbG3761
ἐμαυτὸνemauton
myselfpronounG1683
ἀνακρίνωanakrinō
do I examineverbG350
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 4:3

Together with all other ills, I know not how, there has come upon man's nature the disease of restless prying and of unseasonable curiosity, which Christ Himself chastised, saying, Matthew 7:1 “Judge not, that you be not judged.” A kind of thing, which has no pleasure as all other sins have, but only punishment and vengeance. For though we are ourselves full of ten thousand evils, and bearing the “beams” in our own eyes, we become exact inquisitors of the offenses of our…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 11 on First Corinthians
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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