1 Corinthians 4:13
Being defamed, we beseech: as the sweepings of the world have we become, the offscouring of all—until even now.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
12And toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless, being persecuted, we hold on,
14Not, to shame you, write I these things; but, as my beloved children, I admonish you.
Cross References
Acts 22:22And they hearkened unto him as far as this word, and lifted up their voice, saying—Away from the earth, with such a man as this, 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 →