1 Corinthians 4:9-13 ▼

9 for it seems as if God had exposed us apostles the last upon the stage, as persons appointed to death, for we are made a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men.

10 we are made fools for our attachment to Christ, while you, who are christians too, still pass for the wise: we are in poverty, but you are in power: you meet with esteem, but we find contempt.

11 to this very day we suffer both hunger, thirst, and penury: we are buffeted from place to place, as vagabonds:

12 we are fatigu'd by our manual toil: when reviled, we pray: when persecuted, we don't repine:

13 and when we are defamed, we intreat: in a word, we are look'd upon as the dregs and scum of mankind, even to this day.