1 Corinthians 4:13
insulted, we entreat: we are become as [the] offscouring of the world, [the] refuse of all, until now.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
12and labour, working with our own hands. Railed at, we bless; persecuted, we suffer [it];
14Not [as] chiding do I write these things to you, but as my beloved children I admonish [you].
Cross References
Acts 22:22And they heard him until this word, and lifted up their voice, saying, Away with such a one as that from the earth, for it was not fit he should live.
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 →