1 Corinthians 4:13

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1 Corinthians 4:13

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.

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ASV

American Standard Version

being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even until now.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

being slandered, we entreat. We became as [the] scum of the world, [the] refuse of all, until now.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

1 Corinthians 4

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.

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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