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1 Corinthians 4:11

New International Reader's Version

Up to this very hour we are hungry and thirsty. We are dressed in rags. We are being treated badly. We have no homes.

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You took clothes away from your relatives just because they owed you some money. You left them naked for no reason at all.

Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens. Birds have nests. But the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”

Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium. They won the crowd over to their side. They threw stones at Paul. They thought he was dead, so they dragged him out of the city.

They were whipped without mercy. Then they were thrown into prison. The jailer was commanded to guard them carefully.

Ananias the high priest heard this. So he ordered the men standing near Paul to hit him on the mouth.

Who can separate us from Christ’s love? Can trouble or hard times or harm or hunger? Can nakedness or danger or war?

Don’t we have the right to eat and drink?

In fact, you even put up with anyone who makes you a slave or uses you. You put up with those who take advantage of you. You put up with those who claim to be better than you. You put up with those who slap you in the face.

We are pushed hard from all sides. But we are not beaten down. We are bewildered. But that doesn’t make us lose hope.

I know what it’s like not to have what I need. I also know what it’s like to have more than I need. I have learned the secret of being content no matter what happens. I am content whether I am well fed or hungry. I am content whether I have more than enough or not enough.

You know that I was treated badly. You know that I suffered greatly. You know what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra. You know how badly I have been treated. But the Lord saved me from all my troubles.




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