1 Corinthians 4:8-14

New King James Version

⁸ You are already full! ^(A)You are already rich! You have reigned as kings without us—and indeed I could wish you did reign, that we also might reign with you! ⁹ For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last, as men condemned to death; for we have been made a ^(B)spectacle ^[a]to the world, both to angels and to men. ¹⁰ We are ^(C)fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ! ^(D)We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are dishonored! ¹¹ To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and we are poorly clothed, and beaten, and homeless. ^12 (E)And we labor, working with our own hands. ^(F)Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure; ¹³ being defamed, we ^[b]entreat. ^(G)We have been made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things until now.

Paul’s Paternal Care

¹⁴ I do not write these things to shame you, but ^(H)as my beloved children I warn you.