1 Corinthians 4:9-13 ▼

9 for I think that God set forth us the apostles last—as appointed to death, because we became a spectacle to the world, and messengers, and men;

10 we [are] fools because of Christ, and you wise in Christ; we [are] ailing, and you strong; you glorious, and we dishonored;

11 to the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are battered, and wander,

12 and labor, working with [our] own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

13 being spoken evil of, we plead; we became as filth of the world—of all things an outcast—until now.