1 Corinthians 4:13

We are euill spoken of, and we pray: we are made as the filth of the world, the offskowring of all things, vnto this time.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 labour, working with our owne handes: we are reuiled, and yet we blesse: we are persecuted, and suffer it.

14I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloued children I admonish you.

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Cross References

Acts 22:22And they heard him vnto this worde, but then they lift vp their voyces, and sayd, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not meete that he should liue.

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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