1 Corinthians 4:13

we meet slander with gentle appeals. We have been treated as the scum of the earth, the vilest of the vile, to this very hour.

Twentieth Century New Testament

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

12we work hard, toiling with our own hands. We meet abuse with blessings, we meet persecution with endurance,

14It is with no wish to shame you that I am writing like this; but to warn you as my own dear children.

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Cross References

Acts 22:22Up to this point the people had been listening to Paul, but at these words they called out: “Kill him! A fellow like this ought not to have been allowed 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 →

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