1 Corinthians 4:12

Greek/English Interlinear with Strong’s Numbers


King James Version
And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
New King James Version
And we labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;
New American Standard Bible
and we toil, working with our own hands; when we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure;
New International Version
We work hard with our own hands. When we are cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;
The Amplified Bible
And we still toil unto weariness [for our living], working hard with our own hands. When men revile us – that is, wound us with an accursed sting – we bless them. When we are persecuted, we take it patiently and endure it.
Wuest’s Expanded Translation
and we labor to the point of exhaustion, working at our trade [that of tent making] with our own hands. When insulting abuse is being heaped upon us, we invoke blessings upon those who are mistreating us. When we are being persecuted, we patiently bear it.
Phillips’ Modern English
We still have to work for our living by manual labour. Men curse us, but we return a blessing: they make our lives miserable but we take it patiently.
Williams’ Language of the People
we have worked hard with our own hands for a living. When abused by people we bless them, when persecuted we patiently bear it, 		 
1 Cor. 4:11 π 1 Cor. 4:13
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