I Corinthians 4:11
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To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.
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(Co2 11:23-27). naked--that is, insufficiently clad (Rom 8:35). buffeted--as a slave (Pe1 2:20), the reverse of the state of the Corinthians, "reigning as kings" (Act 23:2). So Paul's master before him was "buffeted" as a slave, when about to die a slave's death (Mat 26:67).
Open source ↗In this chapter the apostle, I. Directs them how to account of him and his fellow-ministers, and therein, tacitly at least, reproves them for their unworthy carriage towards him (Co1 4:1-6). II. He cautions them against pride and self-elation, and hints at the many temptations they had to conceive too highly of themselves, and despise him and other apostles, because of the great diversity in their circumstances and condition (Co1 4:7-13). III. He challenges their regard to him as their father in Christ (Co1 4:14-16). IV. He tells them of his having sent Timothy to them, and of his own purpose to come to them shortly, however some among them had pleased themselves, and grown vain, upon the quite contrary expectation (Co1 4:17 to the end).
Open source ↗4:11-13 Paul reminds the Corinthians how much he had endured for Christ’s sake (cp. 2 Cor 6:4-5; 11:23-28).
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Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. I am accustomed to any and every situation—to being filled and being hungry, to having plenty and having need.
my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.
Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”
For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.
Have we no right to food and to drink?
We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
At this, the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.
And after striking them with many blows, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to guard them securely.
Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead.