1. Thus should one regard us: as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
2. Now it is of course required of stewards that they be found trustworthy.
3. It does not concern me in the least that I be judged by you or any human tribunal; I do not even pass judgment on myself;
4. I am not conscious of anything against me, but I do not thereby stand acquitted; the one who judges me is the Lord.