World English Bible
"We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure."
— 1 Corinthians 4:12, World English Bible
“And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:”
“and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure; ”
“We do hard work, toiling with our own hands. When we are verbally abused, we respond with a blessing, when persecuted, we endure,”
“And we labour, working with our own hands. We are reviled: and we bless. We are persecuted: and we suffer it.”
“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;”
“And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:”
For, I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last of all, like men sentenced to death. For we are made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.
We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we have dishonor.
Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.
We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.
Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.
I don't write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the Good News.