1 Corinthians 4:9-13 ▼

9 For I think God set forth us, the apostles, last, as appointed to death, because we became a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.

10 We are fools on account of Christ, but you? are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you? are strong; you? are glorious, but we are without honor.

11 As far as the present hour, we both hunger and thirst, and are poorly clothed, and are battered, and wander homeless,

12 and we toil, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we bear it;

13 being slandered, we entreat. We became as the scum of the world, the refuse of all, until now.