1 Corinthians 4:12

We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;

Berean Standard Bible
Other translations

King James Version

And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

World English Bible

We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.

American Standard Version

and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

Geneva Bible 1599

And labour, working with our owne handes: we are reuiled, and yet we blesse: we are persecuted, and suffer it.

Darby Translation

and labour, working with our own hands. Railed at, we bless; persecuted, we suffer [it];

Young's Literal Translation

and labour, working with [our] own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer;

Bible in Basic English

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;

In context

11To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.

13when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.

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