1 Corinthians 4:12
Servants of Christ
11To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.12We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;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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Berean Standard Bible
We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;
American Standard Version (1901)
and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;
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;
Douay-Rheims 1899
And we labour, working with our own hands: we are reviled, and we bless; we are persecuted, and we suffer it.
Free Bible Version
We struggle on doing manual work. When people curse us, we bless them. When they persecute us, we put up with it.
Geneva Bible 1599
And labour, working with our owne handes: we are reuiled, and yet we blesse: we are persecuted, and suffer it.
King James (Authorized) Version
And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
Plain English Version
We have to work hard all the time to get money for food. Some people swear at us and ask bad spirits to hurt us, but we just ask God to be good to them. If people are hard on us, we just put up with it.
Translation for Translators
We work very hard to earn a living. When we are cursed by people {When people curse us}, we ask God to bless them. When we are persecuted {When people cause us to suffer}, we endure it.
Unlocked Literal Bible
We work hard, working with our own hands. When we are reviled, we bless. When we are persecuted, we endure.
Noah Webster Bible
And labor, 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.
Young's Literal Translation
and labour, working with [our] own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer;