1 Corinthians 4:12-14

New Catholic Bible

¹² and we exhaust ourselves working with our hands. When we are cursed, we bless; when we suffer persecution, we endure it; ¹³ when we are slandered, we respond gently. We are regarded as the rubbish of the world, the dregs of humanity, to this very day.

¹⁴ The Authority of a Father in Christ. I am writing all this not to make you ashamed but to admonish you as my beloved children.