1 Corinthians 4:13
being spoken evil of, we plead; we became as filth of the world—of all things an outcast—until now.
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In Context
12and labor, working with [our] own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;
14Not [as] putting you to shame do I write these things, but I admonish as my beloved children,
Cross References
Acts 22:22And they were hearing him to this word, and they lifted up their voice, saying, “Away from the earth with such a one; for it is not fit for him 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 →