1 Corinthians 4:13
When slandered, we answer kindly; we have been made the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even to this day.
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
12And we labour, working with our own hands: when reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure it:
14I do not write these things to shame you, but as my beloved children I warn you.
Cross References
Acts 22:22And until this word they listened to him, then they lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit 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 →