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

Lamentations 3:45 Samech. Thou hast made me as an outcast, and refuse in the midst of the people.

Acts 22:22 And they heard him until this word and then lifted up their voice, saying: Away with such an one from the earth. For it is not fit that he should live.

Context
Fools for Christ
12And we labour, working with our own hands. We are reviled: and we bless. We are persecuted: and we suffer it. 13We are blasphemed: and we entreat. We are made as the refuse of this world, the offscouring of all, even until now. 14I write not these things to confound you: but I admonish you as my dearest children.…
Cross References
Lamentations 3:45
Samech. Thou hast made me as an outcast, and refuse in the midst of the people.

2 Corinthians 6:8
By honour and dishonour: by evil report and good report: as deceivers and yet true: as unknown and yet known:

1 Peter 3:21
Whereunto baptism, being of the like form, now saveth you also: not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but, the examination of a good conscience towards God by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Lexicon
when we are slandered,
δυσφημούμενοι (dysphēmoumenoi)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 1426: Evil report, defamation, words of ill omen. From a compound of dus- and pheme; defamation.

we answer gently.
παρακαλοῦμεν (parakaloumen)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 3870: From para and kaleo; to call near, i.e. Invite, invoke.

Up to
ἕως (heōs)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 2193: A conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until.

this moment
ἄρτι (arti)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 737: Now, just now, at this moment. Adverb from a derivative of airo through the idea of suspension; just now.

we have become
ἐγενήθημεν (egenēthēmen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.

[the] scum
περικαθάρματα (perikatharmata)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 4027: Refuse, offscouring, filth. From a compound of peri and kathairo; something cleaned off all around, i.e. Refuse.

of the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

earth,
κόσμου (kosmou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2889: Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (morally).

[the] refuse
περίψημα (peripsēma)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 4067: From a comparative of peri and psao; something brushed all around, i.e. Off-scrapings.

of [the world].
πάντων (pantōn)
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.


Additional Translations
when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.

being slandered, we entreat. We have become as the residue of the world, the refuse of all, until now.

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

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

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

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

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

when slandered, we try to conciliate. We have come to be regarded as the mere dirt and filth of the world--the refuse of the universe, even to this hour.

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

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