12And we labour, working with our own hands: we are reviled, and we bless; we are persecuted, and we suffer it.


In Context

9 For I think that God hath set forth us apostles, the last, as it were men appointed to death: we are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men.

10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are honourable, but we without honour.

11 Even unto this hour we both hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no fixed abode;

12 And we labour, working with our own hands: we are reviled, and we bless; we are persecuted, and we suffer it.

13 We are blasphemed, and we entreat; we are made as the refuse of this world, the offscouring of all even until now.

14 I write not these things to confound you; but I admonish you as my dearest children.

1 Corinthians 4:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:12And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:12We work hard with our own hands. When we are cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:12and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:12and labour, working with our own hands. Railed at, we bless; persecuted, we suffer it;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:12and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:12And labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:12We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:12and labour, working with our own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:12And labor, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: