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^(A) of the world—right up to this moment.

²⁵ Opponents must be gently instructed, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth,^(A)