New Testament · VERSE 12

1 Corinthians 4:12

King James Version

And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE

1 Corinthians 4:12 in context

We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.

Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;

And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.

I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.

Read the complete chapter in the King James Version.