1 Corinthians 4:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of 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 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
• Rom 2:16 : 16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
• 1 Cor 3:13 : 13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
• 2 Cor 5:10 : 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that 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 trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
• Rom 2:29 : 29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
• Jas 5:7 : 7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
• Rev 20:12 : 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
• Rev 1:7 : 7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
• 1 Pet 5:4 : 4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a 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 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
• Jas 4:11 : 11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
• 2 Cor 4:2 : 2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by 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 another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
• Rom 14:10-13 : 10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. 11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. 12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. 13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.
• Matt 24:46 : 46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
• Eccl 12:14 : 14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret 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 make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
• Luke 6:37 : 37 {G2532} Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
• Luke 12:1-3 : 1 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode 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 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. 3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
• John 5:44 : 44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
• 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 to you again.
• 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 in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
• Matt 25:21 : 21 {G1161} His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
• Rom 2:7 : 7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
• 1 Cor 1:7 : 7 So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:
• 1 Cor 3:8 : 8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
• 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 thine 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 this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
• 1 Cor 15:23 : 23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
• 2 Pet 3:4 : 4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
• 2 Pet 3:12 : 12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
• Jude 1:14 : 14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
• 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.