1 Corinthians 4:8-13

8Already you are full! Already you have become rich! Without us you have become kings! Indeed, I wish you were kings, so we also might be kings with you!

9For it seems to me that God has put us, the emissaries, on display last of all—like men sentenced to death. For we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to people.

10We are fools for Messiah’s sake, but you are wise in Messiah! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, but we are dishonored!

11To this very hour we are both hungry and thirsty, dressed in rags and mistreated and homeless.

12We toil, working with our own hands. When we are cursed, we bless. When we are persecuted, we endure.

13When we are slandered, we speak kindly. We have become the scum of the earth, the dregs of all things—even to this moment.