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1 Corinthians 4:13

SufferingWords and speechShame

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

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

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.

15 Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.

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BSB
when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.
KJV
Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.
WEB
Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.
ASV
being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even until now.
DARBY
insulted, we entreat: we are become as [the] offscouring of the world, [the] refuse of all, until now.
BLB
being slandered, we entreat. We became as the scum of the world, the refuse of all, until now.
ÅB
Vi blir spottet - og vi formaner; vi er blitt som utskudd i verden, en vemmelse for alle, inntil nå.
OTB
Når vi blir baktalt, svarer vi som venner; vi har blitt som verdens avfall, bunnfallet av alle ting, helt til nå.
B1930
Vi blir spottet - og vi formaner; vi er blitt som utskudd i verden, en vemmelse for alle, inntil nu.

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