12 and we (A)labor, working with our own hands. (B)When reviled, we bless; (C)when persecuted, we endure; 13 when slandered, we entreat. (D)We have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, (E)the refuse of all things.

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12 We work hard with our own hands.(A) When we are cursed, we bless;(B) when we are persecuted,(C) we endure it; 13 when we are slandered, we answer kindly. We have become the scum of the earth, the garbage(D) of the world—right up to this moment.

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