1 Corinthians 4:13

11 To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and we are poorly clothed, and beaten, and homeless.

12 ^aAnd we labor, working with our own hands. ^bBeing reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

13 being defamed, we¹ entreat. ^aWe have been made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things until now.

Paul’s Paternal Care

14 I do not write these things to shame you, but ^aas my beloved children I warn you.

15 For though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for ^ain Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

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John Wesley's Notes

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1 Corinthians 4:13

We are made as the filth of the world, and offscouring of all things - Such were those poor wretches among the heathens, who were taken from the dregs of the people, to be offered as expiatory sacrifices to the infernal gods. They were loaded with curses, affronts, and injuries, all the way they went to the altars; and when the ashes of those unhappy men were thrown into the sea, these very names were given them in the ceremony.

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