Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 Corinthians 4:13 in context
1 Corinthians 4:10–16
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We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we have dishonor.
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Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.
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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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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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I don’t write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
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For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, you don’t have many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the Good News.
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I beg you therefore, be imitators of me.
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