1 Corinthians 4:13

New International Version

when we are slandered, we answer kindly. We have become the scum of the earth, the garbage of the world—right up to this moment.

Cross References

Lamentations 3:45

You have made us scum and refuse among the nations.

Acts 22:22

The crowd listened to Paul until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He’s not fit to live!”

2 Corinthians 6:8

through glory and dishonor, bad report and good report; genuine, yet regarded as impostors;

1 Peter 3:21

and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,