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9 For I think that God has exhibited us the last sent, as exposed to death; for we were a theatre to the world, and to messengers, and to men. 10 We foolish for Christ, and ye wise in Christ; we weak, and ye strong; ye honourable, and we dishonoured. 11 Until this present hour we also hunger, and thirst, and we are naked, and are cuffed, and are unsteady. 12 And we are wearied, working with our own hands: being reviled, we praise; being driven out, we hold up. 13 Being defamed, we entreat: as the filth of the world were we become, the offscouring of all until now. 14 Not shaming you, write I these, but as my beloved children I admonish you. 15 For if ye have ten thousand preceptors in Christ, but not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus by the good news I begat you. 16 I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me. 17 Therefore sent I Timotheus to you, who is my beloved child, and faithful in the Lord, who will remind you of all my ways in Christ, as I teach everywhere in all the churches. 18 And as my not coming to you, some were puffed up. 19 And I will come to you swiftly, if the Lord will, and I shall know not the word of those puffed up, but the power. 20 For the kingdom of God not in word, but in power. 21 What will ye? should I come to you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness? 1 Corinthians 4:9-21, Smith's Literal Translation. Public domain.
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