Bible verse
when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.
1 Corinthians 4:13 · BSB
The verses around it, from 1 Corinthians 4.
9 For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men.
10 We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored.
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.
16 Therefore I urge you to imitate me.
17 That is why I have sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which is exactly what I teach everywhere in every church.
KJV
Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, [and are] the offscouring of all things unto this day.
ASV
being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even until now.
ERV
being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even until now.
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