1 Corinthians 4:13

they maltreat us, and we pray for them; as the refuse of the world are we made and the execration of all men until now.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

12and we labour, working with our hands. They revile us, and we bless; they persecute us, and we endure;

14Not as to shame you write I these things, but as my beloved children I admonish (you).

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Cross References

Acts 22:22And when they had heard Paulos until this word, they lifted up their voice, and cried, Take from the earth one like this; for he ought not 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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