1Cor 4:10-13, 2Cor 12:10, 1Pe 4:4, 14-16 | ESV | STEP | We are fools for Christ’s sake , but you are wise in Christ . We are weak , but you are strong . You are held in honor , but we in disrepute .

v[See ver. 15 above]

x[See ver. 14 above]

1 Corinthians 4:10-13

10 ^aWe are fools for Christ’s sake, but ^byou are wise in Christ. ^cWe are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. 11 To the present hour ^dwe hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and ^ebuffeted and ^fhomeless, 12 and we ^glabor, working with our own hands. ^hWhen reviled, we bless; ⁱwhen persecuted, we endure; 13 when slandered, we entreat. ^jWe have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, ^kthe refuse of all things.

2 Corinthians 12:10

10 ^lFor the sake of Christ, then, ^mI am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For ⁿwhen I am weak, then I am strong.

1 Peter 4:4

4 With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of ^odebauchery, and ^pthey malign you;

1 Peter 4:14-16

14 ^qIf you are insulted ^rfor the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory ^{▼▼Some manuscripts insert and of power} and of God rests upon you. 15 But ^tlet none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or ^uas a meddler. 16 Yet ^vif anyone suffers as a ^wChristian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God ^xin that name.