1 Corinthians 4:12 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:”

1 Corinthians 4:12

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Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:

We {are} fools for Christ's sake, but ye {are} wise in Christ; we {are} weak, but ye {are} strong; ye {are} honourable, but we {are} despised.

Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;

And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, {and are} the offscouring of all things unto this day.

I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn {you}.

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1 Corinthians 4:1

"Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God."

1 Corinthians 4:2

"Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful."

1 Corinthians 4:3

"But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. {judgment: Gr. day}"

1 Corinthians 4:4

"For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord. {know: or, I am not conscious of any fault}"

1 Corinthians 4:5

"Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God."

1 Corinthians 4:6

"And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and {to} Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think {of men} above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another."

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