1 CORINTHIANS 4:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.”
When we are slandered, we answer kindly. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world — the last sentence is devastating. 'Scum' (perisseia, literally 'filth') and 'refuse' (perikatharmata, cleansing-waste) were terms for the lowest outcasts. Apostles occupy the lowest social position. Yet this matches Christ's own trajectory: from honor to shame, from power to powerlessness, from life to death. The gospel's logic requires this descent.
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