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1 Corinthians 4:12

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10 We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored.

11 To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.

We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;

13 when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.

14 I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.

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BSB
We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;
KJV
And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
WEB
We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.
ASV
and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;
DARBY
and labour, working with our own hands. Railed at, we bless; persecuted, we suffer [it];
BLB
and we toil, working with [our] own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we bear [it];
ÅB
idet vi arbeider med våre egne hender; vi blir utskjelt - og vi velsigner; vi blir forfulgt - og vi tåler det;
OTB
Og vi arbeider, arbeider med våre egne hender; når vi blir verbalt misbrukt, velsigner vi; når vi blir forfulgt, utholder vi det;
B1930
idet vi arbeider med våre egne hender; vi blir utskjelt - og vi velsigner; vi blir forfulgt - og vi tåler det;

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