1 Corinthians 4:13

Easy To Read Version

People say bad things about us, but we say good things to them. At this time people still treat us like we are the world’s garbage—the trash of the earth.

Cross References

Lamentations 3:45

You made us like garbage and dirt\par to the other nations.\par

Acts 22:22

The people stopped listening when Paul said this last thing \{about going to the non-Jewish people\}. They all shouted, “Kill him! Get him out of the world! A man like this should not be allowed to live!”

2 Corinthians 6:8

Some people honor us, but other people shame us. Some people say good things about us, but other people say bad things. Some people say we are liars, but we speak the truth.

1 Peter 3:21

That water is like baptism {\cf2\super [26]} that now saves you. Baptism is not the washing of dirt from the body. Baptism is asking God for a pure heart. It saves you because Jesus Christ was raised from death.