Stewardship is defined as, “The careful and responsible management of something entrusted to one's care.” In other words, stewardship is managing and caring for things that belong to someone else. Let’s take a look at some scriptures on stewardship and uncover principles that can impact how we live our lives. Many Christians today simply associate stewardship with tithing or making donations, but biblical stewardship goes much deeper than that. If we take time to study and understand his teachings on stewardship in the Bible, it will change how we manage our time, money, possessions, and relationships. From peitho objectively, trustworthy subjectively, trustful.Jesus spent much of his ministry teaching about how we ought to live. Strong's 4103: Trustworthy, faithful, believing. Strong's 2147: A prolonged form of a primary heuro, which heureo is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find.Īdjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person Singular Probably from the same as the former part of heautou in order that. Strong's 3623: A household manager, a steward, guardian. Of uncertain affinity to seek specially, to worship, or to plot. Strong's 2212: To seek, search for, desire, require, demand. Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 5602: From an adverb form of hode in this same spot, i.e. The rendering adopted above is a more literal translation of the best Greek texts, and also perfectly in harmony with the general sense of the passage. This would be to suggest that to some extent, therefore, party-spirit might exist, which would be contrary to the whole argument from the commencement of the Epistle, and strikingly at variance with the remarks which immediately follow in 1Corinthians 4:5. If we take 1Corinthians 4:2 as it is in our English version, it would seem to imply that on this point of faithfulness the Church might prefer one steward to another. That inquiry is, of course, made in regard to an earthly steward by his master in whose service he is and so the Lord alone, whose stewards the Apostles were, shall be the inquirer into their faithfulness. The argument here is that, as in the case of an earthly steward, inquiry is made into his character as to whether he be trustworthy-so it will be with them who are stewards of the mysteries of God. The word "found" having the force of "discovered," or "proved to be" (as in Matthew 1:18 Romans 7:10). Better, Moreover here (on earth) inquiry is made in the case of stewards in order that it may be found that one is faithful. Here, moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.Įllicott's Commentary for English Readers(2) Moreover it is required. This being so, it follows that fidelity is what is required in stewards. Moreover, it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful. Here, moreover, it is required of stewards, that they be found faithful. Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found trustworthy. Now what is sought in stewards is that one be found faithful. Now it is of course required of stewards that they be found trustworthy. Now it is required of servant managers that each one should prove to be trustworthy.Īnd as to the rest, it is required in the stewards that one may be found faithful, The one thing required of such servants is that they be faithful to their master. Here now it is required among the dispensers, that a man be found faithful. Now, henceforth, it is required in stewards that a man should be found being faithful.Īnd since our first duty is to be faithful to the one we work for, 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. In this regard, it is required that managers be found faithful. In this case, moreover, it is required of stewards that one be found faithful and trustworthy. In this case, moreover, it is required of stewards that one 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. Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. In this case, moreover, it is required in the stewards, that one shall be found faithful. Now it is required of stewards that they be found 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. Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.
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