1 Corinthians 4:9-15

9For I think that 1God has set us the apostles for the last, as appointed to death. For we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.

10We [are] fools for Christ's sake, but ye prudent in Christ: we weak, but ye strong: ye glorious, but we in dishonour.

11To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and are in nakedness, and buffeted, and wander without a home,

12and labour, working with our own hands. Railed at, we bless; persecuted, we suffer [it];

13insulted, we entreat: we are become as [the] offscouring of the world, [the] refuse of all, until now.

14Not [as] chiding do I write these things to you, but as my beloved children I admonish [you].

15For if ye should have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the glad tidings.