1 Corinthians 4:13 - Common English Bible when our reputation is attacked, we are encouraging. We have become the scum of the earth, the waste that runs off everything, up to the present time. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When we are slandered and defamed, we [try to] answer softly and bring comfort. We have been made and are now the rubbish and filth of the world [the offscouring of all things, the scum of the earth]. American Standard Version (1901) being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even until now. Catholic Public Domain Version We are cursed, and so we pray. We have become like the refuse of this world, like the reside of everything, even until now. |