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Servants of Christ

1 Corinthians 4:13

In 9 translations

BSB
when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.
KJV
Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.
WEB
Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.
ASV
being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even until now.
LSV
being spoken evil of, we plead; we became as filth of the world—of all things an outcast—until now.
YLT
being spoken evil of, we entreat; as filth of the world we did become — of all things an offscouring — till now.
DBY
insulted, we entreat: we are become as [the] offscouring of the world, [the] refuse of all, until now.
DRC
We are blasphemed, and we entreat; we are made as the refuse of this world, the offscouring of all even until now.
GNV
We are euill spoken of, and we pray: we are made as the filth of the world, the offskowring of all things, vnto this time.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort read δυσφημούμενοι (“being defamed”); Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read βλασφημούμενοι (“being denigrated”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: δυσφημούμενοι. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read δυσφημούμενοι; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read βλασφημούμενοι.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
δυσφημούμενοι παρακαλοῦμεν· ὡς περικαθάρματα τοῦ κόσμου ἐγενήθημεν, πάντων περίψημα ἕως ἄρτι.
RP2018
βλασφημούμενοι παρακαλοῦμεν· ὡς περικαθάρματα τοῦ κόσμου ἐγενήθημεν, πάντων περίψημα ἕως ἄρτι.
TR-Boyd
βλασφημούμενοι παρακαλοῦμεν· ὡς περικαθάρματα τοῦ κόσμου ἐγενήθημεν, πάντων περίψημα ἕως ἄρτι.
SCR1894
βλασφημουμενοι παρακαλουμεν ως περικαθαρματα του κοσμου εγενηθημεν παντων περιψημα εως αρτι

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Lamentations 3:45You have made us scum and refuse among the nations.
  • Acts 22:22The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”

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