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

所求于管家的，是要他有忠心。

所求于管家的，是要他忠心。

所求于管家的，是要他忠心。

对管家的要求是忠心。

对于管家的要求，就是要他忠心。

在这里，进一步要求管家们的是，各人都要被看做是忠心的。

所求於管家的，是要他有忠心。

所求於管家的，是要他忠心。

所求於管家的，是要他忠心。

對管家的要求是忠心。

對於管家的要求，就是要他忠心。

不但如此，這裏所求於管家的，就是要他顯為可信靠。

在這裡，進一步要求管家們的是，各人都要被看做是忠心的。

夫所求於宰者忠也、

所求於司者忠也、

所求於家宰者、惟欲其忠也、

夫世之所求於司庫者、亦惟忠信而已矣。

Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.

Those who have been given a trust must prove that they are faithful.

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

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

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

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

Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful.

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

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

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

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

His master answered,‘ Well done, good and faithful slave! You have been faithful in a few things. I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.’

The Lord replied,“ Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his household servants, to give them their allowance of food at the proper time?

“ The one who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and the one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.If then you haven’t been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will entrust you with the true riches?And if you haven’t been trustworthy with someone else’s property, who will give you your own?

His master answered,‘ Well done, good and faithful slave! You have been faithful with a few things. I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.’

An unreliable messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.

And tell Archippus,“ See to it that you complete the ministry you received in the Lord.”

Tychicus, a dear brother, faithful minister, and fellow slave in the Lord, will tell you all the news about me.

My servant Moses is not like this; he is faithful in all my house.

For we are not like so many others, hucksters who peddle the word of God for profit, but we are speaking in Christ before God as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God.

For this reason, I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and faithful son in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church.

You learned the gospel from Epaphras, our dear fellow slave– a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf–

With regard to the question about people who have never married, I have no command from the Lord, but I give my opinion as one shown mercy by the Lord to be trustworthy.

But we have rejected shameful hidden deeds, not behaving with deceptiveness or distorting the word of God, but by open proclamation of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience before God.