¹² We work hard with our own hands for our food. People curse us, but we bless them. They hurt us, and we accept it. ¹³ They say evil things against us, but we say only kind things to them. Even today, we are treated as though we are the garbage of the world—the dirt of the earth.

¹⁴ I am not trying to make you feel ashamed. I am writing this to give you a warning as if you were my own dear children.