1 Corinthians 4:12
“And labour, working with our owne hands: being reuiled, wee blesse: being persecuted, we suffer it:”
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1 Corinthians 4:12 Context
10We are fooles for Christs sake, but ye are wise in Christ. We are weake, but ye are strong: yee are honourable, but we are despised. 11Euen vnto this present houre we both hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and haue no certaine dwelling place, 12And labour, working with our owne hands: being reuiled, wee blesse: being persecuted, we suffer it: 13Being defamed, we intreate: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the off-scouring of all things vnto this day. 14I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloued sonnes I warne you.
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Other Translations for 1 Corinthians 4:12
And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
- King James Version
and we toil, working with our own hands; when we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure;
- New American Standard Version (1995)
and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;
- American Standard Version (1901)
And with our hands we do the hardest work: when they give us curses we give blessings, when we undergo punishment we take it quietly;
- Basic English Bible
and labour, working with our own hands. Railed at, we bless; persecuted, we suffer [it];
- Darby Bible
And labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it;
- Webster's Bible
Homes we have none. Wearily we toil, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we bear it patiently;
- Weymouth Bible
We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.
- World English Bible
and we ben vnstable, and we trauelen worchynge with oure hondis; we ben cursid, and we blessen; we suffren persecucioun, and we abiden longe; we ben blasfemyd, and we bisechen;
- Wycliffe Bible
and labour, working with [our] own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Corinthians 4:12
4:12 We bless - suffer it - intreat - We do not return revilings, persecution, defamation; nothing but blessing.
People's Bible Notes for 1 Corinthians 4:12
1Co 4:12 And labour with our own hands. Support ourselves by our own hands. Being reviled, we bless. While preaching the gospel, returned good for evil.