1 Corinthians 4:10

We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ: we are weak, but ye are strong: ye are honoured, but we are despised.

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.

In Context

9For it seems to me that God hath as it were exhibited us the apostles last upon the stage as appointed to death; for we are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels and to men.

11Even to this present time we suffer both hunger, and thirst, and nakedness, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling:

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Cross References

Matthew 5:11Blessed are ye when men shall revile and persecute you, and utter all manner of reproach against you falsly, for my sake:

Matthew 24:9Then shall they afflict you, and kill you; and ye shall be hated by all nations for my name:

Luke 10:16---He, that heareth you, heareth me; and he, that rejecteth you, rejecteth me; and he, that rejecteth me, rejecteth Him that sent me.

Acts 9:16for I will shew him how great sufferings he must endure for my name.

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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