1 Corinthians 4:13
Being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things to this day.
Webster Bible
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In Context
12And labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it;
14I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you .
Cross References
Acts 22:22And they gave him audience to this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a man 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 →