9 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men. |
10 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. |
11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace; |
12 And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: |
13 Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day. |
14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. |
15 For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. |