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1 Corinthians 4:13 — King James Version← Study notes

Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.


1 Corinthians 4:13Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Corinthians 4:1311 words
GreekMeaning
δυσφημούμενοιdysphēmoumenoi
we entreatverbG3870
παρακαλοῦμενparakaloumen
beseech, call for, (be of good) comfortverbG3870
ὡςhōs
AswordG5613
περικαθάρματαperikatharmata
the scumnounG4027
τοῦtou
of thearticleG3588
κόσμουkosmou
earthnounG2889
ἐγενήθημενegenēthēmen
we have becomeverbG1096
πάντωνpantōn
of all theadjectiveG3956
περίψημαperipsēma
refusenounG4067
ἕωςheōs
untilprepositionG2193
ἄρτιarti
nowadverbG737
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 4:13

“And labor;” now against the false apostles who endure neither toil nor peril, while they themselves receive the fruits. “But not so are we,” says he: “but together with our perils from without, we also strain ourselves to the utmost with perpetual labor. And what is still more, no one can say that we fret at these things, for the contrary is our requital to them that so deal with us: this, I say, is the main point, not our suffering evil, for that is common to all, but our…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 13 on First Corinthians
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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