When someone curses us, we answer with kind words. Until now we are thought of as nothing more than the trash and garbage of this world.
You allowed nations to treat us like garbage;
The crowd listened until Paul said this. Then they started shouting, "Get rid of this man! He doesn't deserve to live."
Whether we were honored or dishonored or praised or cursed, we always told the truth about ourselves. But some people said we did not.
Those flood waters were like baptism that now saves you. But baptism is more than just washing your body. It means turning to God with a clear conscience, because Jesus Christ was raised from death.