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12 We work hard with our hands. People curse us, but we bless them. They trouble us much, but we must take it.

13 They talk behind our backs, but we still try to win them. People treat us as a dirt pile, the rubbish of the world. And they still do these things.

14 I do not write these things to make you ashamed. But you are my dear children and I want to teach you.

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12 We work hard with our own hands.(A) When we are cursed, we bless;(B) when we are persecuted,(C) we endure it; 13 when we are slandered, we answer kindly. We have become the scum of the earth, the garbage(D) of the world—right up to this moment.

Paul’s Appeal and Warning

14 I am writing this not to shame you(E) but to warn you as my dear children.(F)

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