1 Corinthians 4:8-12
1 Corinthians 4:8
You are already filled, you have already become rich, you have become kings without us; and indeed, I wish that you had become kings so that we also might reign with you!
1 Corinthians 4:9
For I think, God has exhibited us, the apostles, last of all as men condemned to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to mankind.
1 Corinthians 4:10
We are fools on account of Christ, but you are prudent in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are without honor!
1 Corinthians 4:11
Up to this present hour we are both hungry and thirsty, and are poorly clothed and roughly treated and homeless;
1 Corinthians 4:12
and we labor, working with our own hands; when we are verbally abused, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;