1 Corinthians 4:13

When they insult us, we respond with kindness. Even now we are treated like dirt, the worst trash in the whole world.

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In The King James Version

Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.

In Context

12We struggle on doing manual work. When people curse us, we bless them. When they persecute us, we put up with it.

14I'm not writing like this to make you feel ashamed, but to caution you as my children whom I love so much.

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Cross References

Acts 22:22Up until this point they had listened to what he was saying, but then they started shouting, “Get rid of this man from the earth—he doesn't deserve to 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 →

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