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1 Corinthians 4:13

SufferingWords and speechShame

11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;

12 And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.

14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.

15 For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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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Cross references

  • Lamentations 3:45

    Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.

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  • Acts 22:22

    And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.

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