11 To the present hour (A)we hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and (B)buffeted and (C)homeless, 12 and we (D)labor, working with our own hands. (E)When reviled, we bless; (F)when persecuted, we endure; 13 when slandered, we entreat. (G)We have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, (H)the refuse of all things.

14 I do not write these things (I)to make you ashamed, but to admonish you (J)as my beloved children.

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