Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
defamed, we entreat—namely, God for our defamers, as Christ enjoined (Matthew 5:10, Matthew 5:44) [GROTIUS]. We reply gently [ESTIUS].
filth—"the refuse" [CONYBEARE and HOWSON], the sweepings or rubbish thrown out after a cleaning.
of all things—not of the "World" only.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Corinthians 4:13:
Lamentations 3:45
Romans 8:35-36
1 Corinthians 4:16
2 Corinthians 4:15
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