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1 Corinthians 4:13
1 Corinthians 4:13 is verse 13 of 1 Corinthians chapter 4, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.
King James Version
Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.
World English Bible
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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1 Corinthians 4:11–15 · Berean Standard Bible
11 To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.
12 We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;
13 when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.
14 I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.
15 Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Lamentations 3:45You have made us scum and refuse among the nations.
Acts 22:22The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”