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9 For it seems to me that God {Theos} has displayed us apostles (sent ones) at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels (messengers) as well as to men. 10 We are fools for Christ (the Anointed One), 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. 1 Corinthians 4:9-13, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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