New Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Corinthians 4:12
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We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;
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And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
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We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.
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and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;
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and we toil, working with [our] own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we bear [it];
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1 Corinthians 4
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.
12 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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