1 Corinthians 4:13

When we are slandered, we speak with kindness. We have become, and are still considered to be, the refuse of the world and the filthiest of all things.

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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 work hard, working with our own hands. When we are reviled, we bless. When we are persecuted, we endure.

14I do not write these things to shame you, but to correct you as my beloved children.

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Cross References

Acts 22:22They listened to him until he said this. Then they shouted and said, “Away with such a fellow from the earth, for it is not right that 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 →

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