1 Corinthians 4:13
they revile us, and we entreat them: we are as the filth of the world, and the expiation for all men, up to this time.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
14I write these things, not to shame you; but I instruct you, as dear children.
Cross References
Acts 22:22And when they had heard Paul as far as this sentence, they raised their voice, and cried out: Away with such a man from the earth! 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 →