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1 Corinthians 4:13

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 13 when slandered, we answer mildly;*+ we have become as the refuse* of the world, the offscouring of all things, until now.

1 Corinthians 4:13

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 13 δυσφημούμενοι being defamed παρακαλοῦμεν· we are entreating; ὡς as περικαθάρματα all around cleanings τοῦ of the κόσμου world ἐγενήθημεν, we became πάντων of all περίψημα, offscouring, ἕως until ἄρτι. right now.

1 Corinthians 4:13

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 13 when being defamed, we entreat;+ we have become as the refuse of the world, the offscouring of all things, until now.+

1 Corinthians 4:13

The Bible in Living English
- 13 * give encouragement while we are being disparaged; it comes to be as if we were the offscourings of the world, the scum of everything, up to now.

1 Corinthians 4:13

American Standard Version
- 13 being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even until now.

1 Corinthians 4:13

The Emphasized Bible
- 13 Being defamed we beseech: As the sweepings of the world have we become The offscouring of all—until even now.

1 Corinthians 4:13

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

1 Corinthians Study Notes—Chapter 4

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 4:13
  
  refuse: Or “garbage; rubbish.” The Greek words used in this verse for “refuse” (pe·ri·kaʹthar·ma) and for offscouring (pe·riʹpse·ma) are strong terms similar in meaning. They occur only here in the Christian Greek Scriptures. Both denote waste products—what people throw away after cleansing or what is scraped off and washed away. Some of Paul’s critics apparently viewed him and his missionary work in this way.