10 (A)We are fools for Christ's sake, but (B)you are wise in Christ. (C)We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. 11 To the present hour (D)we hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and (E)buffeted and (F)homeless, 12 and we (G)labor, working with our own hands. (H)When reviled, we bless; (I)when persecuted, we endure; 13 when slandered, we entreat. (J)We have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, (K)the refuse of all things.

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10 We are fools for Christ,(A) but you are so wise in Christ!(B) We are weak, but you are strong!(C) You are honored, we are dishonored! 11 To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.(D) 12 We work hard with our own hands.(E) When we are cursed, we bless;(F) when we are persecuted,(G) we endure it; 13 when we are slandered, we answer kindly. We have become the scum of the earth, the garbage(H) of the world—right up to this moment.

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