1 Corinthians 4:10

We are counted fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are mighty; ye are honourable persons, but we despised.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.

In Context

9For I think that God hath exposed us his apostles the last as devoted unto death. For we have been made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men.

11For even to this present hour we undergo hunger and thirst and nakedness, and are buffeted about, and have no settled abode;

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Cross References

Matthew 5:11Blessed are ye, when they shall revile and persecute you, and lying, speak every thing evil against you for my sake.

Matthew 24:9Then shall they deliver you up to affliction, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.

Luke 10:16He that heareth you, heareth me; and he that despiseth you, despiseth me; and he that despiseth me, despiseth Him that sent me.

Acts 9:16for I will shew him how many things he must suffer for my name’s sake.

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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