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1 Corinthians 4:12
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10 We are afools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ! bWe are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are dishonored!  
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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1 Corinthians 4:12

And labour ... - This Paul often did. See the note at Acts 18:3; compare Acts 20:34; I Thessalonians 2:9. II Thessalonians 3:8.

Being reviled - That they were often reviled or reproached, their history everywhere shows. See the Acts of the Apostles. They were reviled or ridiculed as Jews by the Gentiles; and jeered by all as "Nazarenes," and as deluded followers of Jesus; as the victims of a foolish superstition and enthusiasm.

We bless - We return good for evil. In this they followed the explicit direction of the Saviour; see the note at Matthew 5:44. The main idea in these passages is, that they were reviled, were persecuted, etc. The other clauses, "we bless," "we suffer it," etc. seem to be thrown in "by the way" to show how they bore this ill treatment. As if he had said "we are reviled; and what is more, we bear it patiently, and return good for evil." At the same time, that he was recounting his trials, he was, therefore, incidentally instructing them in the nature of the gospel, and showing how their sufferings were to be borne; and how to illustrate the excellency of the Christian doctrine.

Being persecuted - See the note at Matthew 5:11.

We suffer it - We sustain it; we do not revenge it; we abstain from resenting or resisting it.




Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 1 Corinthians 4:12:

Matthew 5:11
Acts 20:34
1 Corinthians 4:21
1 Corinthians 4:21
1 Corinthians 9:12
1 Thessalonians 2:1
1 Thessalonians 2:9

 

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