13when we are slandered, we answer kindly. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.


In Context

10 We are fools for Christ, but you are so wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, we are dishonored!

11 To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.

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

13 when we are slandered, we answer kindly. 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 dear children.

15 Even though you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.

1st Corinthians 4:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:13Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, [and are] the offscouring of all things unto this day.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:13We are blasphemed, and we entreat; we are made as the refuse of this world, the offscouring of all even until now.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:13being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even until now.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:13insulted, we entreat: we are become as the offscouring of the world, the refuse of all, until now.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:13being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even until now.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:13Being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things to this day.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:13Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:13being spoken evil of, we entreat; as filth of the world we did become — of all things an offscouring — till now.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:13Being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things to this day.