1 Corinthians 4:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Wherefore judge {G5100} nothing before {G302} the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὥστε μὴ πρὸ καιροῦ τι κρίνετε, ἕως ἂν ἔλθῃ ὁ Κύριος, ὃς καὶ φωτίσει τὰ κρυπτὰ τοῦ σκότους, καὶ φανερώσει τὰς βουλὰς τῶν καρδιῶν: καὶ τότε ὁ ἔπαινος γενήσεται ἑκάστῳ ἀπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ.

Transliteration

Hōste mē pro kairou ti krinete, heōs an elthē ho Kyrios, who also phōtisei ta krypta tou skotous, and phanerōsei tas boulas tōn kardiōn: and then the epainos genēsetai to each from tou Theou.

Grammar Details

• *Hōste*: conjunction - so that/therefore
• *mē*: negative particle - not
• *pro kairou*: preposition + genitive, masculine, singular - before time/prematurely
• *ti*: accusative, neuter, singular - anything/something
• *krinete*: present imperative, 2nd plural, active - judge
• *heōs an elthē*: conjunction + particle + aorist subjunctive, 3rd singular - until comes
• *ho Kyrios*: article + nominative, masculine, singular - the Lord
• *phōtisei*: future indicative, 3rd singular, active - will illuminate/bring to light
• *ta krypta*: article + accusative, neuter, plural - the hidden things
• *tou skotous*: article + genitive, neuter, singular - of the darkness
• *phanerōsei*: future indicative, 3rd singular, active - will reveal/make manifest
• *tas boulas*: article + accusative, feminine, plural - the counsels/motives/intentions
• *tōn kardiōn*: article + genitive, feminine, plural - of the hearts
• *epainos*: nominative, masculine, singular - praise/commendation
• *genēsetai*: future indicative, 3rd singular, middle - will be/become
• *hekastō*: dative, masculine, singular - to each one
• *apo tou Theou*: preposition + article + genitive, masculine, singular - from God

Word Meanings

• *pro kairou*: before the time/prematurely/too early
• *krinete*: judge/decide/condemn
• *phōtisei*: will illuminate/bring to light/expose
• *krypta*: hidden things/secrets/concealed matters
• *phanerōsei*: will reveal/make manifest/bring to light
• *boulas*: counsels/motives/purposes/intentions
• *epainos*: praise/commendation/approval

Referenced Verses

• Rom 2:1 : 1 Wherefore thou art without excuse, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein {G3739} thou judges another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest dost practise the same things.
• Rom 2:16 : 16 in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men, according to my gospel, by Jesus Christ.
• 1 Cor 3:13 : 13 each man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself shall prove each man's work of what sort it is.
• 2 Cor 5:10 : 10 For we must all be made manifest before the judgment-seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things [done] in the body, according to what he hath done, whether [it be] good or bad.
• 2 Cor 10:18 : 18 For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
• 1 Pet 1:7 : 7 that the proof of your faith, [being] more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ:
• Rom 2:29 : 29 but he is a Jew who is one {G1722} inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
• Jas 5:7 : 7 Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until {G302} it receive the early and latter rain.
• Rev 20:12 : 12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.
• Rev 1:7 : 7 Behold, he cometh with the clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they that pierced him; and all the tribes of the earth shall mourn over him. Even so, Amen.
• 1 Pet 5:4 : 4 And when the chief Shepherd shall be manifested, ye shall receive the crown of glory that fadeth not away.
• 1 Thess 5:2 : 2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
• Heb 4:13 : 13 And there is no creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
• Jas 4:11 : 11 Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
• 2 Cor 4:2 : 2 but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
• Rom 14:4 : 4 Who art thou that judgest the servant of another? to his own lord he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be made to stand; for the Lord hath power to make him stand.
• Rom 14:10-13 : 10 But thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or {G2532} thou again, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of God. 11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, to me every knee shall bow, And every tongue shall confess to God. 12 So then each one of us shall give account of himself to God. 13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge ye this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock in his brother's way, or an occasion of falling.
• Matt 24:46 : 46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
• Eccl 12:14 : 14 For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
• Matt 25:23 : 23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
• Luke 6:37 : 37 And judge not, and ye shall not {G3361} be judged: and condemn not, and ye shall not {G3361} be condemned: release, and ye shall be released:
• Luke 12:1-3 : 1 In the mean time, when the many thousands of the multitude were gathered together, insomuch that they trod one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 But there is nothing covered up, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. 3 Wherefore {G3739} whatsoever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light; and what ye have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
• John 5:44 : 44 How can ye believe, who receive glory one of another, and the glory that [cometh] from the only God ye seek not?
• John 21:22 : 22 Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what [is that] to thee? Follow thou me.
• Matt 7:1-2 : 1 Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto you.
• Matt 24:30 : 30 and then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
• Matt 25:21 : 21 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
• Rom 2:7 : 7 to them that by patience in {G18} well-doing seek for glory and honor and incorruption, eternal life:
• 1 Cor 1:7 : 7 so that ye come behind in no {G3367} gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;
• 1 Cor 3:8 : 8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.
• Eccl 11:9 : 9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
• 1 Cor 11:26 : 26 For as often as ye eat {G302} this bread, and drink the cup, ye proclaim the Lord's death till {G302} he come.
• 1 Cor 15:23 : 23 But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; then they that are Christ's, at his coming.
• 2 Pet 3:4 : 4 and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
• 2 Pet 3:12 : 12 looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
• Jude 1:14 : 14 And to these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,
• Mal 3:18 : 18 Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.