1 Corinthians 4:12-14

New International Reader's Version

¹² We work hard with our own hands. When others curse us, we bless them. When we are attacked, we put up with it. ¹³ When others say bad things about us, we answer with kind words. We have become the world’s garbage. We are everybody’s trash, right up to this moment.

Paul Warns Against Pride

¹⁴ I am not writing this to shame you. You are my dear children, and I want to warn you.