So look at Apollos and me as mere servants of Christ who have been put in charge of explaining God’s mysteries.

人应当以我们为基督的执事，为神奥秘事的管家。

人应该把我们看为基督的执事，为上帝的奥秘的管家。

人应该把我们看为基督的执事，为神的奥秘的管家。

因此，人应该把我们当作是基督的仆人，是上帝奥秘之事的管家。

这样，人应该把我们看作基督的仆人，神奥秘的事的管家。

这样，人应该把我们看做是基督的仆人、神奥秘之事的管家。

人應當以我們為基督的執事，為神奧祕事的管家。

人應該把我們看為基督的執事，為上帝的奧祕的管家。

人應該把我們看為基督的執事，為神的奧祕的管家。

因此，人應該把我們當作是基督的僕人，是上帝奧祕之事的管家。

這樣，人應該把我們看作基督的僕人，神奧祕的事的管家。

所以人應當這樣把我們看為基督的差事，做上帝之奧祕事的管家。

這樣，人應該把我們看做是基督的僕人、神奧祕之事的管家。

人當以我儕為基督之役、上帝奧秘之宰、

人當以我儕為基督執事、司上帝奧、

人當視我儕為基督之役、宰天主奧妙者、

人當視吾輩為基督之臣僕、天主眾妙之司庫。

This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the mysteries God has revealed.

So here is how you should think of us. We serve Christ. We are trusted with the mysteries God has shown us.

This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

A person should think of us in this way: as servants of Christ and managers of the mysteries of God.

This is the way any person is to regard us: as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

Let a man so consider us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

Let a man so account of us, as of ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

A person should consider us in this way: as servants of Christ and managers of God’s mysteries.

Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

One should think about us this way– as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

So let a man think of us as Christ’s servants, and stewards of God’s mysteries.

God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another.

They must be committed to the mystery of the faith now revealed and must live with a clear conscience.

A church leader is a manager of God’s household, so he must live a blameless life. He must not be arrogant or quick tempered; he must not be a heavy drinker, violent, or dishonest with money.

God has given me the responsibility of serving his church by proclaiming his entire message to you.This message was kept secret for centuries and generations past, but now it has been revealed to God’s people.For God wanted them to know that the riches and glory of Christ are for you Gentiles, too. And this is the secret: Christ lives in you. This gives you assurance of sharing his glory.

Now all glory to God, who is able to make you strong, just as my Good News says. This message about Jesus Christ has revealed his plan for you Gentiles, a plan kept secret from the beginning of time.

And pray for me, too. Ask God to give me the right words so I can boldly explain God’s mysterious plan that the Good News is for Jews and Gentiles alike.

If I wanted to boast, I would be no fool in doing so, because I would be telling the truth. But I won’t do it, because I don’t want anyone to give me credit beyond what they can see in my life or hear in my message,

I want them to be encouraged and knit together by strong ties of love. I want them to have complete confidence that they understand God’s mysterious plan, which is Christ himself.

Yet preaching the Good News is not something I can boast about. I am compelled by God to do it. How terrible for me if I didn’t preach the Good News!If I were doing this on my own initiative, I would deserve payment. But I have no choice, for God has given me this sacred trust.What then is my pay? It is the opportunity to preach the Good News without charging anyone. That’s why I never demand my rights when I preach the Good News.

You see, we don’t go around preaching about ourselves. We preach that Jesus Christ is Lord, and we ourselves are your servants for Jesus’ sake.

After all, who is Apollos? Who is Paul? We are only God’s servants through whom you believed the Good News. Each of us did the work the Lord gave us.

In everything we do, we show that we are true ministers of God. We patiently endure troubles and hardships and calamities of every kind.

A church leader must not be a new believer, because he might become proud, and the devil would cause him to fall.

Are they servants of Christ? I know I sound like a madman, but I have served him far more! I have worked harder, been put in prison more often, been whipped times without number, and faced death again and again.

Jesus told this story to his disciples:“ There was a certain rich man who had a manager handling his affairs. One day a report came that the manager was wasting his employer’s money.So the employer called him in and said,‘ What’s this I hear about you? Get your report in order, because you are going to be fired.’“ The manager thought to himself,‘ Now what? My boss has fired me. I don’t have the strength to dig ditches, and I’m too proud to beg.

As I briefly wrote earlier, God himself revealed his mysterious plan to me.As you read what I have written, you will understand my insight into this plan regarding Christ.God did not reveal it to previous generations, but now by his Spirit he has revealed it to his holy apostles and prophets.And this is God’s plan: Both Gentiles and Jews who believe the Good News share equally in the riches inherited by God’s children. Both are part of the same body, and both enjoy the promise of blessings because they belong to Christ Jesus.By God’s grace and mighty power, I have been given the privilege of serving him by spreading this Good News.Though I am the least deserving of all God’s people, he graciously gave me the privilege of telling the Gentiles about the endless treasures available to them in Christ.I was chosen to explain to everyone this mysterious plan that God, the Creator of all things, had kept secret from the beginning.

God has now revealed to us his mysterious will regarding Christ— which is to fulfill his own good plan.

He replied,“ You are permitted to understand the secrets of the Kingdom of God. But I use parables to teach the others so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled:‘ When they look, they won’t really see. When they hear, they won’t understand.’

“ A faithful, sensible servant is one to whom the master can give the responsibility of managing his other household servants and feeding them.

He replied,“ You are permitted to understand the secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven, but others are not.

Without question, this is the great mystery of our faith: Christ was revealed in a human body and vindicated by the Spirit. He was seen by angels and announced to the nations. He was believed in throughout the world and taken to heaven in glory.

We appeal gently when evil things are said about us. Yet we are treated like the world’s garbage, like everybody’s trash— right up to the present moment.

No, the wisdom we speak of is the mystery of God— his plan that was previously hidden, even though he made it for our ultimate glory before the world began.

Pray for us, too, that God will give us many opportunities to speak about his mysterious plan concerning Christ. That is why I am here in chains.

He replied,“ You are permitted to understand the secret of the Kingdom of God. But I use parables for everything I say to outsiders,

And the Lord replied,“ A faithful, sensible servant is one to whom the master can give the responsibility of managing his other household servants and feeding them.