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12 And we have parnasah, toiling with our own hands; being reviled, we make a bracha; being persecuted, we endure it:

13 Being defamed by loshon hora, we conciliate. We have become what the earth wants swept out the door, something considered trash the Olam Hazeh wants removed. [YIRMEYAH 20:18; EKHAH 3:45]

14 The purpose of this iggeret is not to bring you under bushah (shame). I write these things as admonishing my beloved yeladim.

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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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