^{1 Ref} Let a man so reckon us as officers of Christ, and stewards of the secrets of God,

^{2 Ref} and as to the rest, it is required in the stewards that one may be found faithful,

^{3 Ref} and to me it is for a very little thing that by you I may be judged, or by man's day, but not even myself do I judge,

^{4 Ref} for of nothing to myself have I been conscious, but not in this have I been declared right -- and he who is discerning me is the Lord:

^{5 Ref} so, then, nothing before the time judge ye, till the Lord may come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of the darkness, and will manifest the counsels of the hearts, and then the praise shall come to each from God.