11 Up to this present hour we are both (A)hungry and thirsty, and are poorly clothed and roughly treated and homeless; 12 and we labor, (B)working with our own hands; when we are (C)verbally abused, we bless; when we are (D)persecuted, we endure it; 13 when we are slandered, we [a]reply as friends; we have (E)become as the scum of the world, the dregs of all things, even until now.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 4:13 Or conciliate

11 To this present hour we are both hungry and thirsty; we are continually poorly dressed, and we are roughly treated, and wander homeless. 12 We work [for our living], working hard with our own hands. When we are reviled and verbally abused, we bless. When we are persecuted, we take it patiently and endure. 13 When we are slandered, we try to be conciliatory and answer softly. We have become like the scum of the world, the dregs of all things, even until now.

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