1 Corinthians 4:10
We are foolish for the sake of Christ, but ye are wise in Christ. We are weak, but ye are strong. Ye are esteemed, but we are disreputable.
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Proverbs 11:12He who despises his neighbor is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding holds his peace.
Jeremiah 8:8How can ye say, We are wise, and the law of LORD is with us? But, behold, the FALSE pen of the scribes has wrought falsely.
Matthew 5:11Blessed are ye when they revile you, and persecute you, and say every evil word, being deceitful against you because of me.
Matthew 24:9Then they will deliver you up for tribulation, and will kill you, and ye will be hated by all the nations because of my name.
Luke 10:16He who hears you hears me, and he who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me.
Acts 9:16For I will give him a glimpse of how many things it is necessary for him to suffer for my name.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 4:8-14
Caution against Censoriousness; Distressed Condition of the Apostles. ( a. d. 57.) 7 For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it? 8 Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you. 9 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a… Read the whole commentary →