1 Corinthians 4:10
So we are fools because of Christ, but you are discerning in Christ? We are weak, but you are strong? You are noble, but we are ignoble?
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Proverbs 11:12Whoever despises his friend is destitute in heart. But the prudent man will remain silent.
Jeremiah 8:8How can you say: ‘We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us?’ Truly, the lying pen of the scribes has wrought falsehood.
Matthew 5:11Blessed are you when they have slandered you, and persecuted you, and spoken all kinds of evil against you, falsely, for my sake:
Matthew 24:9Then they will hand you over to tribulation, and they will kill you. And you will be hated by all nations for the sake of my name.
Luke 10:16Whoever hears you, hears me. And whoever despises you, despises me. And whoever despises me, despises him who sent me.”
Acts 9:16For I will reveal to him how much he must suffer on behalf of 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 →